abstractively

EtymologyEdit

abstractive +‎ -ly

PronunciationEdit

• (US) IPA^(key): /æbˈstɹæk.tɪv.li/

AdverbEdit

abstractively (comparative more abstractively, superlative most abstractively)

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

ReferencesEdit

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