polygraphic

adjective

poly·​graph·​ic

1

a

: voluminous, versatile

a polygraphic writer

b of a book

(1)

: dealing with a wide range of subjects

a polygraphic treatise

(2)

: written by several authors or scribes

a polygraphic manuscript

2

: proceeding (as in encipherment) by groups of two or more successive letters at a time

a polygraphic substitution

3

: relating to, produced by, or employing a polygraph

polygraphic examination of the patient

intelligence agency's polygraphic screening program

—Dwight MacDonald

polygraphically

-fə̇k(ə)lē

adverb

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