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What is the adjective for parenthesis?

What's the adjective for parenthesis? Here's the word you're looking for.

Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs parenthesize and parenthesise which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

parenthetical
  1. using, containing, or within parentheses (like this)
  2. that explains or qualifies something
  3. that is incidental
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Providing parenthetical information or explanatory footnotes on those not discussed in the introductions might have been more helpful than relegating the information to the index.”
parenthetic
  1. Of, pertaining to, or as if using parentheses
  2. (of speech) That digresses; discursive or rambling
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The em dash should be used to signify an abrupt change or to set apart parenthetic elements.”
      “The parenthetic principle functions as appositional, alongside, but also foundational, rendering a more emphatic assertion unnecessary.”
      “There is no break in the continuity of the soul's existence, not even one parenthetic hour.”
parenthesized
  1. Between parentheses.
parenthesizing
parenthesised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of parenthesise
parenthesising
  1. present participle of parenthesise
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