parenthetically

adverb

as in tangentially

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Recent Examples of parenthetically Cruises that parenthetically include Rome in their itineraries actually dock in Civitavecchia, which is about an hour and a half away without traffic. — Eve Chen, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parenthetically
  1. tangentially
  2. secondarily
  3. incidentally
Adverb
  • As such, anytime those on the right, or even tangentially associated with the right, notice or say something about a movie or entertainment property, Variety leaps in to defend their political party.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026
  • In this instance, the event was only tangentially related to the firm’s practice area of vehicular accidents.
    — David Henkin, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of tangentially
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  • An exception is the gut microorganism Monocercomonoides, in which mitochondria have been secondarily lost.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 June 2026
  • And then secondarily, this is all about verification.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 June 2026
Definition of secondarily
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  • Also in the cast is Homer Gere, the son of actor Richard Gere, who was, incidentally, briefly married to Crawford in the early ‘90s.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 28 July 2026
  • The existence of these precedents—many of which, not incidentally, involve imperial ambition or climate change—is taken as a credential of their seriousness.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
Definition of incidentally

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“Parenthetically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parenthetically. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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