Meanings
adjectiveinterparenthetical (not comparable)
- not comparableWithin parentheses.
Wilkie Collins, quoted in 1879, Edmund Yates, Celebrities at Home A long involved interparenthetical sentence which may be comprehensible on paper requires a tremendous effort to read aloud, and should therefore be avoided.
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interparenthetical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interparenthetical
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“interparenthetical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interparenthetical. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “interparenthetical,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interparenthetical.
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