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Webster 1913 Edition


Periphrastically

Perˊi-phras′tic-al-ly

,
adv.
With circumlocution.

Webster 1828 Edition


Periphrastically

PERIPHRAS'TICALLY

,
adv.
With circumlocution.

Definition 2024


periphrastically

periphrastically

English

Adverb

periphrastically (comparative more periphrastically, superlative most periphrastically)

  1. With circumlocution.
  2. (linguistics) With periphrasis.

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