1. in a manner that uses parataxis; by joining clauses or phrases with coordinating conjunctions or without explicit connectors rather than subordinating them
Usage: grammar and rhetoric term; formal/technical

Examples

• The sentences were constructed paratactically, with each clause standing independently.
• Hemingway often wrote paratactically, using 'and' to connect simple sentences rather than embedding one clause within another.
• The biblical text reads paratactically, listing events in sequence without subordination.
• Modern poetry sometimes employs paratactical structures to create a sense of immediacy and equality among ideas.