parenthetical

Meanings

Plural: parentheticals

Noun

• an expression in parentheses
  • "his writing was full of parentheticals"
• A word or phrase within parentheses.
• 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.

Adjective Satellite

• qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses
  • "parenthetical remarks"

Adj

• using, containing, or within parenthesis
• that explains or qualifies something
• that is incidental

Synonyms

parenthetic, parenthetical expression