appositively
/əˈpɑzətɪvli/
adverb
- In a way that places a word or phrase next to another to explain or identify it, often set off by commas.
- In the sentence 'My brother, a doctor, lives in Chicago,' the phrase 'a doctor' is used appositively.
- When a title is placed appositively after a name, it usually needs commas around it.
- The teacher explained that the noun phrase 'the capital of France' is used appositively after 'Paris'.