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PARENTHETIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does parenthetic mean?
• PARENTHETIC (adjective)
The adjective PARENTHETIC has 1 sense:
1. qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses
Familiarity information: PARENTHETIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses
Synonyms:
parenthetic; parenthetical
Context example:
parenthetical remarks
Similar:
incident; incidental ((sometimes followed by 'to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence)
Derivation:
parenthesis (a message that departs from the main subject)
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