paraphrastic

[ par-uh-fras-tik ]

/ ˌpær əˈfræs tɪk /

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adjective

having the nature of a paraphrase.

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Origin of paraphrastic

1615–25; <Medieval Latin paraphrasticus<Greek paraphrastikós.See paraphrast, -ic

par·a·phras·ti·cal·ly, adverb

Grundtvigs translation4 had been so paraphrastic as often to obscure the sense, and always the spirit, of the original.
The Translations of Beowulf|Chauncey Brewster Tinker
Heyne is never paraphrastic—he never adds anything foreign to the poem.
The Translations of Beowulf|Chauncey Brewster Tinker
This mental capacity is most likely to be acquired by the regular and persevering use of the paraphrastic exercise.
A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education|James Gall
The remaining versions are paraphrastic and less accurate, and are guilty of additions and omissions.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1|Various

I quote a result which Mr. Edmund Clarence Stedman said was too paraphrastic.
Confessions of a Book-Lover|Maurice Francis Egan