1
[ adverb ] as written or printed

Synonyms

in_writing

Examples

"this is exactly what the composer had set down on paper"

Used in print

(Orlin J. Scoville, Part-Time Farming...)

To do this , set_up a plan on_paper for operating the farm .

(Frances and Richard Lockridge, Murder Has...)

A man with a sketch_pad in hand sat with a large pink woman in a small office at the end of a long , dim corridor and made pencil lines on_paper and said , `` Is this more like it , Mrs._MacReady ?

2
[ adverb ] as described in contrast to as practiced

Synonyms

in_theory

Examples

"on paper, this looks like a good idea"

3
[ adverb ] according to the assumed facts

Examples

"on paper the candidate seems promising"

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