parenthetic

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Only on reflection do you realise that TV shows such as the parenthetic frame of the tone of the layers of unexplained magic realist counterpoint of which the article's delayed device which explains the film in terms of the fatalist transformation of bob loblaw ... the writing of this article is so clever it's hard to believe the author would find a happy ending so unsatisfying

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  • Just a couple of parenthetic or just anecdotal stories is that one of our locations just doing basic labor analysis,
  • As Jay was telling my story, so to speak, I thought I'd put in one parenthetic that might be of interest. —  All Things Digital
  • Only on reflection do you realise that TV shows such as the parenthetic frame of the tone of the layers of unexplained magic realist counterpoint of which the article's delayed device which explains the film in terms of the fatalist transformation of bob loblaw ... the writing of this article is so clever it's hard to believe the author would find a happy ending so unsatisfying —  Mail & Guardian Online
  • His denials are generally parenthetic: and imply that the whether she did certain things is much less important than the why and the how; and though he professes to present her as a pearl of purity, he shows his standard of female purity to be very low Mr. Browning might easily have composed a more genuine defence from the known facts of the case; but he represents these quibblings and counter-quibblings as equally beside the mark. —  A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)
  • In the loss of light, or in the rising in the west.– Beidh 2 Supply, it shall not be accepted 3 Verses 16-19 are parenthetic, and either an address to Muhammad by Gabriel desiring him (I) not to be overcome by any fear of being unable to follow and retain the revelation of this particular Sura; (2) or, not to interrupt him, but to await the completion of the entire revelation before he should proceed to its public recital. —  The Koran (Al-Qur'an)
 

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  1. from Middle Greek παρένθετος, parenthetic, put in besides, from παρεντιθέναι, put in besides: see parenthesis.
 

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