— parentheticality parentheticalness , n. — parenthetically , adv.
/par'euhn thet"ik/ , adj.
1. of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
2. characterized by the use of parentheses.
Also, parenthetical .
[ 1770-80; back formation from parenthetical parénthet ( os ) interpolated (verbid of parentithénai, equiv. to par- PAR- + en- EN- 2 + the-, var. s. of tithénai to put + -tos v. adj. suffix) + -IC + -AL 1 ]