DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
216.73.216.139
Search for:
▼[Show options]
[Pronunciation] [Help] [Database Info] [Server Info]

3 definitions found

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 parenthetical
 (a.)插句式;弧形的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 par·en·thet·ic par·en·thet·ic·al a.
 1. Of the nature of a parenthesis; pertaining to, or expressed in, or as if in, a parenthesis; as, a parenthetical clause; a parenthetic remark; a parenthetical style. [wns=1]
    A parenthetical observation of Moses himself.   --Hales.
 2. Using or containing parentheses.
 ◄ ►

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 parenthetical
      adj 1: as if using parentheses; "a parenthetical style" [syn: parenthetic]
      2: qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in
         parentheses; "parenthetical remarks" [syn: parenthetic]
      n : an expression in parentheses; "his writing was full of
          parentheticals" [syn: parenthetical expression]