Definition of Abstractly

1. Adverb. In abstract terms.

Partainyms: Abstract
Antonyms: Concretely

Definition of Abstractly

1. adv. In an abstract state or manner; separately; absolutely; by itself; as, matter abstractly considered.

Definition of Abstractly

1. Adverb. In an abstract state or manner; separately; absolutely; by itself; as, matter '''abstractly''' considered. ¹

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Definition of Abstractly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abstractly

abstractifying
abstracting
abstracting and indexing
abstraction
abstractional
abstractionism
abstractionisms
abstractionist
abstractionistic
abstractionists
abstractions
abstractitious
abstractive
abstractively
abstractiveness
abstractly (current term)
abstractness
abstractnesses
abstractor
abstractors
abstracts
abstracts of title
abstractum
abstrict
abstricted
abstricting
abstrictions
abstricts
abstringe

Literary usage of Abstractly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Fluxions by Colin MacLaurin (1801)
"J-: Of the Fluxions of Quantities considered abstractly, or as represented by general Characters in ^Algebra* . , 697. JL HE idea of a fluxion, as described ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... abstractly consid- ered, than dramatic music, but the opportunities and the means of making one's self known along those lines are rare and appeal only ..."

3. An Inquiry Into the Human Mind, on the Principles of Common Sense by Thomas Reid (1823)
"The sensation considered abstractly, HAVING premised these things, with regard to the medium and organ of this sense, ..."

4. The Genesis and Ethics of Conjugal Love by Andrew Jackson Davis (1881)
"TWO IN ONE, abstractly. Man and woman by themselves alone, ... abstractly considered God is both Mother and Father—is both Spirit and Matter— is both the ..."

5. The Christian View of God and the World as Centring in the Incarnation by James Orr (1893)
"Christ, this may be admitted to be an abstractly possible hypothesis, and as such has received the assent, as before stated, of Rothe and others who are not ..."

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