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Webster 1913 Edition


Abstractly

Ab′stractˊly

(#; 277)
,
adv.
In an abstract state or manner; separately; absolutely; by itself;
as, matter
abstractly
considered
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Abstractly

AB'STRACTLY

,
adv.
separately; absolutely; in a state or manner unconnected with any thing else; as, matter abstractly considered.

Definition 2024


abstractly

abstractly

English

Adverb

abstractly (comparative more abstractly, superlative most abstractly)

  1. In an abstract state or manner; separately; absolutely, as matter abstractly considered. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]

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References

  1. Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 10