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
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  • Among recent theater that has wrestled, even tangentially, with the Jewish diaspora’s relationship to Israel, like Birthright, Jewish Plot, or Giant, Slam Frank is notable both for its gregarious impudence and then sudden caution.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
  • But like older respondents, Gen Z is especially interested in hearing CEOs’ perspectives on issues at least tangentially related to running a business, like clean air and water, the environment, sustainability, and AI.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 1 Oct. 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 9 Oct. 2026.

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