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You say or write something parenthetically when you slip it in as an extra while the main point is about something else. It is the adverb that matches parenthetical: the side note as a way of speaking, not as a kind of family. “Parenthetically, the figures are last year’s” means that last bit is not the main claim; it is added while you go. Writers and careful speakers use it. Though actually, most people in ordinary talk just say “by the way” or “oh, and.” Same family as parenthesis — still nothing to do with being a mum or dad.
附帶地；順便補一句
組成From parenthetical + -ly, the usual English adverb ending (from Old English -līċe, down a long Germanic line).
同家族的字
- parentheticalthis adverb is simply that adjective plus -ly
- parenthesissame “placed in beside” family as the brackets and the side remark
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
parentheticallyadv/ˈpæɹənˌθɛtɪkli/
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As an aside, incidentally.
- «Just as we passed that other lamp I was going to tell you a further thing, Sal, but now I am parenthetically continuing with a new thought and by the time we reach the next I’ll return to the original subject, agreed?»
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Using parentheses.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。