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parenthetic

adjective as in digressive

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Example Sentences

Bounce paused, in the midst of his mental energy, to take a parenthetic whiff.

Unluckily I am ignorant of the very rudiments of the matter, so his parenthetic enthusiasms were lost upon me.

But the whole dispute on Poetic Diction is too deep and too broad for an occasional or parenthetic notice.

The Presidente's shrug was so ruthlessly significant, that Fraisier was compelled to make short work of his parenthetic discourse.

In parenthetic clauses like this, the introductory ut may convey two very different meanings according to the context.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to parenthetic, such as: departing, detouring, differing, discursive, excursive, and parenthetical.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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