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English
Etymology
From Middle English abstractly; equivalent to abstract + -ly.
Pronunciation
Adverb
abstractly (comparative more abstractly, superlative most abstractly)
- 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.
- separately; absolutely
- matter abstractly considered
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References
- ^ 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
Etymology
From abstract + -ly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abˈstraktliː/, /abˈstraktlit͡ʃ(ə)/
Adverb
abstractly
- (rare) reclusively; while practising a monastic lifestyle.
- (rare) totally, completely.
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