paraphrastic

adjective

para·​phras·​tic ˌper-ə-ˈfra-stik 

ˌpa-rə-

: having the nature of or being a paraphrase

paraphrastically

ˌper-ə-ˈfra-sti-k(ə-)lē 

ˌpa-rə-

adverb

Word History

Etymology

French paraphrastique, from Greek paraphrastikos, from paraphrazein

First Known Use

circa 1623, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for paraphrastic

• anaplastic
• bioclastic
• fibroblastic
• hyperplastic
• hypoplastic
• inelastic
• lymphoblastic
• neoplastic
• orgiastic
• periphrastic
• predynastic
• pyroclastic