parenthetically

[ par-uhn-thet-i-klee ]

adverb

1. Grammar. as a qualification, explanation, or additional piece of information that interrupts a phrase or sentence; between parentheses, dashes, or commas:

   Future citations of this work will be made parenthetically in the text.

2. as an aside or digression; incidentally:

   I only mention that notion parenthetically, so let’s not get into a heavy discussion of it.

   The complaint was filed by a resident who, parenthetically, has since decided to run in the upcoming school board election.

Other Words From

• in·ter·par·en·thet·i·cal·ly adverb
• un·par·en·thet·i·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of parenthetically¹

parenthetical ( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

And then the other side that likes to yell at justices, and parenthetically, they really like to yell at the female justices.

From Slate

Further, the opinion hints that Kacsymaryk is not content to simply ban this specific medication: Elsewhere in the opinion, he notes “parenthetically” that his legal analysis of the equities in the mifepristone case “also arguably applies to the unborn humans extinguished by mifepristone.”

From Slate

And to be fair, the SEC's complaint, as I mentioned, cast FTX customers as victims, too, albeit parenthetically.

From Reuters

Parenthetically, Mr. Booth owned a few cats but no dogs, and a 1998 New Yorker profile explained that he “doesn’t much care for them — a surprise considering how well he captures them in his cartoons.”

From New York Times

“Do you even want to get into a discussion of gender roles here,” Crane asks parenthetically, “or can we accept that they both chose chores that they minded least or maybe even liked?”

From New York Times

Related Words

• casually
• remotely