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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -paraphrastic-, *paraphrastic*
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WordNet (3.0)
paraphrastic(adj) altered by paraphrasing

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Paraphrastic

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. paraphrastique. ] Paraphrasing; of the nature of paraphrase; explaining, or translating in words more clear and ample than those of the author; not literal; free. -- Par`a*phras"tic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Periphrastical

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. périphrastique. ] Expressing, or expressed, in more words than are necessary; characterized by periphrase; circumlocutory. [ 1913 Webster ]


Periphrastic conjugation (Gram.), a conjugation formed by the use of the simple verb with one or more auxiliaries.
[ 1913 Webster ]

Variants: Periphrastic
Periphrastically

adv. With circumlocution. [ 1913 Webster ]

English-Thai: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates]
periphrastic(adj) อ้อมค้อม, See also: ไม่ตรงไปตรงมา, Syn. circumlocutory, indirect, roundabout, circumlocutory
periphrastically(adv) อย่างอ้อมค้อม, Syn. indirectly

English-Thai: HOPE Dictionary [with local updates]
periphrastic(เพอริแฟรส'ทิค) adj. อ้อมค้อม

Thai-English: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates]
พูดอ้อมค้อม(v) periphrastically talk, See also: say indirectly, speak roundabout, Syn. พูดอ้อม, Example: เขาจะถามก็เกรงใจจึงพูดอ้อมค้อม เพื่ออยากจะทราบว่าหล่อนทำงานที่ไหน, Thai Definition: พูดไม่ตรงไปตรงมา

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
periphrastic

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Periphrastical

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. périphrastique. ] Expressing, or expressed, in more words than are necessary; characterized by periphrase; circumlocutory. [ 1913 Webster ]


Periphrastic conjugation (Gram.), a conjugation formed by the use of the simple verb with one or more auxiliaries.
[ 1913 Webster ]

Variants: Periphrastic
Periphrastically

adv. With circumlocution. [ 1913 Webster ]

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