Incidentally vs Parenthetically - What's the difference?
incidentally | parenthetically |
(manner) In an incidental manner; not of central or critical importance.
By chance; in an unplanned way.
(speech act, conjunctive) Parenthetically, by the way.
As adverbs the difference between incidentally and parenthetically
is that incidentally is in an incidental manner; not of central or critical importance while parenthetically is as an aside, incidentally.incidentally
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- The book discussed the subject, but only incidentally .
- Incidentally , did you hear anything new from your brother yesterday?