paratacticallyadv.
/ˌparəˈtaktᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌpɛrəˈtæktək(ə)li/ Grammar.
By means of parataxis; in a paratactic manner. Also in extended use.
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paratactically1884
1884 tr. H. Lotze Logic ii. ix. §279 362 We distrust any practical project which instead of co-ordinating side by side, paratactically [Ger. parataktisch], to use a phrase of syntax, independent conditions of success, lets them depend hypotactically on a web of mutually conditioning presuppositions.
1890 J. S. Reid Cicero, Pro Balbo Notes 50 All the clauses from fatetur to the end of the sentence are paratactically, not syntactically arranged, that is, they are merely put side by side, and not linked together by particles.
1925 Mod. Lang. Notes 40 500 Wherever the relative pronoun is not used in introducing a relative clause..we may consider the relative clause as expressed paratactically.
1952 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 73 249 Line after line, scene after scene, all follow paratactically.
2001 Jrnl. Feminist Cultural Stud. (Nexis) 12 47 The poem..is built of paratactically arranged, disjunct stanzas ranging in length from one to a dozen lines.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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