Hypertext Webster Gateway: "parenthetical"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Parenthetic \Par`en*thet"ic\, Parenthetical \Par`en*thet"ic*al\,
a. [Cf. Gr. ?.]
1. Of the nature of a parenthesis; pertaining to, or
expressed in, or as in, a parenthesis; as, a parenthetical
clause; a parenthetic remark.
A parenthetical observation of Moses himself.
--Hales.
2. Using or containing parentheses.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
parenthetical
adj 1: as if using parentheses; "a parenthetical style" [syn: {parenthetic}]
2: qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in
parentheses; "parenthetical remarks" [syn: {parenthetic}]
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