Usually means: Enclosed clarification within sentences, commas.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word parenthetical:

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  1. parenthetical: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. parenthetical: Merriam-Webster
  3. parenthetical: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. parenthetical: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. parenthetical: Collins English Dictionary
  6. parenthetical: Vocabulary.com
  7. Parenthetical, parenthetical: Wordnik
  8. parenthetical: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. parenthetical: Wiktionary
  10. parenthetical: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. parenthetical: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. parenthetical: Dictionary.com
  13. parenthetical: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Parenthetical: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Parenthetical: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. parenthetical: Rhymezone
  17. Parenthetical: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. parenthetical: FreeDictionary.org
  19. parenthetical: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. parenthetical: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. parenthetical: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. parenthetical: Encyclopedia

(Note: See parenthesis as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  using, containing, or within parenthesis
adjective:  that explains or qualifies something
adjective:  that is incidental
noun:  A word or phrase within parentheses.
noun:  (screenwriting) A descriptor or modifier enclosed within parentheses and put, indented, in a line of dialogue to describe how it should be acted or directed onscreen.

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