abstractively

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English

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Etymology

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From abstractive +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /æbˈstɹæk.tɪv.li/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Adverb

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abstractively (comparative more abstractively, superlative most abstractively)

  1. (now rare) In an abstract manner; in the abstract. [First attested in the early 17th century.][1]

References

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