abstractly

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English

Etymology

From Middle English abstractly; equivalent to abstract +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /æbˈstɹækt.li/
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Adverb

abstractly (comparative more abstractly, superlative most abstractly)

  1. In an abstract way or manner
    • 1919, Daisy Ashford, chapter 5, in The Young Visiters:
      Bernard Clark and Ethel were seated side by side on a costly sofa gazing abstractly at the parting guest.
  2. separately; absolutely
    matter abstractly considered

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References

  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abstractly”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From abstract +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abˈstraktliː/, /abˈstraktlit͡ʃ(ə)/

Adverb

abstractly

  1. (rare) reclusively; while practising a monastic lifestyle.
  2. (rare) totally, completely.

Descendants

  • English: abstractly

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