paragraphic
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Her replies revealed the fact that she was essentially affectless and that her intellectual processes were interfered with, even to the extent of paragraphic writing.
From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by MacCurdy, John T. (John Thompson)
Can the mind which continues to be charmed by these paragraphic strainings be really sound?—but this is not a dissertation.
From Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic by Quick, Herbert
We also find that occasionally there is evidence of an interference with the intellectual processes which showed itself in what may be called "paragraphic" writing when the patient could be induced to write.
From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by MacCurdy, John T. (John Thompson)
He dismissed their previous talk with his paragraphic cough.
From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Every year has its paragraphic entries, more or less full.
From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 5, May, 1884 by Various
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