Parenthetical [adjective]
Definition of Parenthetical:
incidental
Sentence/Example of Parenthetical:
How are the parenthetical clauses in this selection kept in the back-ground?
How does the voice indicate that this phrase is parenthetical?
How does the reader give to these words the force of a parenthetical clause?
All brackets and parenthetical question marks are in the original.
Parenthetical—Incidental; not an essential part of a sentence or statement.
Page 286, a parenthetical statement begins but no ending was printed.
Parenthetical expressions may be set off by dashes (see p. 308).
Be careful of the case of who if a parenthetical sentence intervenes between it and its verb.
"Commonly called rullocks," put in Mr. Bouncer, as a parenthetical correction, or marginal note on Mr. Verdant Green's words.
These transitions also serve another purpose, namely, to indicate an interpolated or parenthetical idea.