adj. Of, pertaining to, or as if using parentheses
adj. That digresses; discursive or rambling
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of the nature of a parenthesis; pertaining to, or expressed in, or as if in, a parenthesis
adj. Using or containing parentheses.
adj. Added within parentheses to amplify or explain.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Same as parenthetical.
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adj. qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses
Word Usage
"While analogical change within the numeral set is common and possible in general, it doesn't appear probable here when Starostin's typically "parenthetic" *ŋi̯u "3" has not been demonstrated with regular sound correspondences using a competently reconstructed phonology that doesn't violate phonemic markedness at every turn."