Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having the back made or as if made of paper; hence, weak; flimsy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective same as paperback.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Having the sort of flexible binding characteristic of a paperback book.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective (of books) having a flexible binding

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Examples

  • Using a record-sized camera they take color shots of the material to be reproduced, etch the exposures so obtained on copper plates, and use the plates for printing by the gravure process on an extremely thin paperbacked film.

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  • She opened the purse and withdrew a paperbacked bub - ble with a blue derm inside.

    Wonder Woman and the Lasso of Truth Boudreau Freret 2010

  • O this is easy put in motion some old series to be trade paperbacked such as the original Booster Gold, New Warriors, Quasar, Blue Beetle and the like.

    NYCC ‘09: A Conversation With Dan DiDio — The Home Game! 2009

  • It was first published in hardback by Muller in 1984, and then paperbacked by Sphere in 1985.

    Archive 2004-11-01 Michael Allen 2004

  • It was first published in hardback by Muller in 1984, and then paperbacked by Sphere in 1985.

    November 2004 Michael Allen 2004

  • It was first published in hardback by Muller in 1984, and then paperbacked by Sphere in 1985.

    Ansible, Langford and sci fi Michael Allen 2004

  • The fact of the matter is, "Future Shock" was the first of a line of serious books that were paperbacked and sold in very, very large numbers.

    Creating a New Civilization: The Politics of the Third Wave 1995

  • She opened the purse and withdrew a paperbacked bub - ble with a blue derm inside.

    Neuromancer Gibson, William, 1948- 1984

  • On the other hand some deal bookshelves had been built along one wall, which were stacked with paperbacked books in French, German, English, and presumably Danish too.

    Maigret at the Crossroads Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1963

  • A small bookcase housed an array of medical volumes, some copies of the Australian Medical Journal, and three or four paperbacked novels.

    The Rainbow and the Rose Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1958

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