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
  • Those charges are the only real indication, so far, that the federal government is even tangentially interested in the case.
    — Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Training is an imprecise term, and one only tangentially related to the readiness goal.
    — David Etue, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of tangentially
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  • The main psychoactive compounds — mitragynine and, secondarily, 7-OH — don’t currently appear anywhere in the federal scheduling system for drugs.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026
  • An exception is the gut microorganism Monocercomonoides, in which mitochondria have been secondarily lost.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 June 2026
Definition of secondarily
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  • The Midnight Madness People’s Choice winner was Ladies And Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney (incidentally box office phenomenon Obsession was first runner up last year).
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The daughter, incidentally, is a tuberculosis patient in a Swiss sanatorium (shades of Thomas Mann’s Magic Mountain, which had appeared to great acclaim only five years earlier).
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of incidentally

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“Parenthetically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parenthetically. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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