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Answer for the clue "Like the end of this clue (in terms of punctuation) ", 11 letters:
parenthetic

Word definitions for parenthetic in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Of, pertaining to, or as if using parenthesis 2 (context of speech English) That digresses; discursive or rambling

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. as if using parentheses; "a parenthetical style" [syn: parenthetical ] qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses; "parenthetical remarks" [syn: parenthetical ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
parenthetic \par`en*thet"ic\ (p[a^]r`[e^]n*th[e^]t"[i^]k), parenthetical \par`en*thet"ic*al\ (p[a^]r`[e^]n*th[e^]t"[i^]*kal), a. [Cf. Gr. pare`nqetos.] Of the nature of a parenthesis; pertaining to, or expressed in, or as if in, a parenthesis; as, a parenthetical ...

Usage examples of parenthetic.

Bartle kept his eye on the moving figure till it passed into the darkness, while Vixen, in a state of divided affection, had twice run back to the house to bestow a parenthetic lick on her puppies.

A parenthetic look of reproof, a sideglance, between two phrases of the conversation in progress at the moment.