parenthetically

Example Sentences

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Penny added, parenthetically, "Because apparently I was 5, not 47."

From Salon

“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

That I shouldn’t be expected to was evidenced by your editor’s belated recognition of this likelihood by the decision to parenthetically define “NIL” 132 words into the article.

From Washington Post

“Obviously, this is happening because their candidates and campaigns are behind in the polls and they’re looking for anything that can stick,” he wrote, before adding parenthetically, “I’m familiar with how this stuff works.”

From New York Times

Occasionally, this commitment to the subjective past creates some cringe-worthy moments, as when he names the author Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore seemingly only for the purpose of parenthetically deadnaming her a moment later.

From New York Times