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parenthetically
adverb as in by the way
adverb as in incidentally
Strong match
Example Sentences
That's what the French have figured out," before adding parenthetically, "I really think adultery is a sport in France.
"Fred simply adores baked beans," Dolly murmured, parenthetically, hanging on her sister's words.
Where, in quoting a passage, we throw in parenthetically something of our own, we may use square brackets.
A complete sentence occurring parenthetically in a paragraph is sometimes placed within brackets.
All your merits he passes by parenthetically as selbstverstndlich; your sins he enlarges upon with unction.
It must be said, however, parenthetically, that his statistics scarcely challenge implicit confidence.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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