parenthetical
Enclosed by commas
Parenthetical describes something inserted as an aside or afterthought—an explanation, comment, or qualification set off from the main statement.
Parenthetical remarks are often enclosed in parentheses, commas, or dashes: She added, parenthetically, that she wouldn't be staying long.
As a noun, a parenthetical is such an insertion: The parenthetical about his age seemed unnecessary.
Brief theatrical digression
- explanationStatement making something clear
- annotationAdded explanatory comment
- glossShine or annotation
- footnoteCitation at page bottom
commentary · elaboration · qualification · remark · notation · addendum · supplement · explication
Brief theatrical digression
- digressionVeering off topic
- interjectionEmotional outcry word class
- interpolationEstimating between known values
- tangentLine touching curve once
excursus · interruption · insertion · afterthought · subordinate · incidental · nonessential · supplementary
aside
Brief theatrical digression
- explanationStatement making something clear
- annotationAdded explanatory comment
- glossShine or annotation
footnote · commentary · elaboration · qualification · remark · notation · addendum · supplement · explication · specification
aside
Brief theatrical digression
- digressionVeering off topic
- interjectionEmotional outcry word class
- interpolationEstimating between known values
tangent · excursus · interruption · insertion · afterthought · subordinate · incidental · nonessential · supplementary · offhand
brackets
Marks setting off text
delimiter · em-dash · braces · punctuation · typographical · nested · paired · opening · closing · marks
- screenwritingscreenplay, screenplays, screenwriter, screenwriting, script
- annotationsfootnote, annotations, marginalia, endnote, footnotes
- citationscitation, citations, cite, cited, citation style
- screenwriting techniquesdialogue, exposition, flashback, montage, voice-over
- asidesaside, digression, tangent, sidenote, side note
- digressionsdigression, tangent, aside, sidetrack, detour
parentheticalessential
Fundamentally necessary
crucial · fundamental · vital · important · consequential
parentheticalembedded
Set firmly within something
integrated · main clause · principal · bound · restrictive