abstractively

English

Etymology

abstractive +‎ -ly

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

Adverb

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