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paperbacked

adjective

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

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paperback paperbound softcovered bound

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Meanings

adjectivepaperbacked (not comparable)

not comparableHaving the sort of flexible binding characteristic of a paperback book.
He has literary leanings, is reading Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, buying each volume as he can, in a paperbacked edition.
1935 January 20, “Dickensian”, in New York Times, retrieved 14 Apr 2009

verb

participlepastsimple past and past participle of paperback
Synonyms: paperback, paperbound, softcovered

Synonyms & antonyms

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adjective(of books) having a flexible binding

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paperback bound

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bound paperback softcovered

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From paper + backed.

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APA

paperbacked. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paperbacked

MLA

“paperbacked.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paperbacked. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paperbacked,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paperbacked.

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