paraphrasal adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •Of or relating to paraphrase.The quotation which follows is a paraphrasal condensation of the reading in the Jones text (Jones, op. cit. 1: pp. 298–299). — 1967 noun1 •The act or product of paraphrasing.From German to Martian, with love, I did an impromptu paraphrasal of a poem about a Spanish dancer. — 1963 formsparaphrasals
