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abstrusely

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English

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Etymology

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From abstruse +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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abstrusely (comparative more abstrusely, superlative most abstrusely)

  1. In an abstruse manner. [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), “abstrusely”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.