The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 11 letter word PARENTHESES which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1952.
Qualifying phrases crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PARENTHESES | 100 % | 11 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Qualifying phrases
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Crossword Answer definitions
PARENTHESES noun- A clause, phrase or word which is inserted (usually for explanation or amplification) into a passage which is already grammatically complete, and usually marked off with brackets, commas or dashes.
- Either of a pair of brackets, especially round brackets, ( and ) (used to enclose parenthetical material in a text).
- A digression; the use of such digressions.
- Such brackets as used to clarify expressions by grouping those terms affected by a common operator, or to enclose the components of a vector or the elements of a matrix.
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