Definition of Parenthetical

having parentheses around it

Examples of Parenthetical in a sentence

Students were required to place parenthetical citations after each quote in their essays because it separated the non-content information from the text.  🔊

A parenthetical phrase was inserted into the text to show that this information was related to the second figure listed in the parentheses.  🔊

If you use APA parenthetical format, you must place the author’s name and year it was published in parentheses at the end of the sentence.  🔊

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