parenthetically
adv/ˈpæɹənˌθɛtɪkli/
Etymology From parenthetical + -ly.
1
As an aside, incidentally.
- «Just as we passed that other lamp I was going to tell you a further thing, Sal, but now I am parenthetically continuing with a new thought and by the time we reach the next I’ll return to the original subject, agreed?»1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC:
2
Using parentheses.
- Synonyms
- apropos, beside the point, btdubs, by the by, by the way, en passant, impertinently, in passing, incidentally, irrelevantly, parenthetically
- Antonyms
- pertinently
- Derived terms
- interparenthetically