parenthetic

ADJECTIVE

digressive

Synonyms

WEAK

departing detouring differing discursive excursive parenthetical rambling tangential

Example Sentences

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Parenthetic reference must here, I suppose, be made to psycho-physical parallelism.

From Spencer's Philosophy of Science The Herbert Spencer Lecture Delivered at the Museum 7 November, 1913 by Morgan, C. Lloyd (Conwy Lloyd)

Parenthetic Expressions.—The use of long parenthetic expressions within a sentence is also a frequent cause of lack of clearness.

From News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories by Spencer, M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle)