paratextually
paratextually adverb: in a paratextual manner; existing outside or beyond a text or work.
Adverb
paratextually (not comparable)
- In a paratextual manner; existing outside or beyond a text or work.
- Some contend that an author revealing a character's sexuality paratextually does not make it canon.
- In fact, these two novels reflect each other almost paratextually in important ways: each concerns a young girl with aspirations to become a writer; indeed, each story is compounded of the diary entries written by the protagonist.1982, Shari Benstock, “The Masculine World of Jennifer Johnston”, in Thomas F. Staley, editor, Twentieth-Century Women Novelists, London: Palgrave Macmillan, →DOI, →ISBN, page 199
Origin of paratextually
From paratextual + -ly.
Questions about paratextually
- What does paratextually mean?
- Paratextually means in a paratextual manner; existing outside or beyond a text or work.
- What part of speech is paratextually?
- Paratextually is an adverb.
Words near paratextually in the dictionary
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