abstractively

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

abstractive +‎ -ly

PronunciationEdit

(US) IPA^(key): /æbˈstɹæk.tɪv.li/

AdverbEdit

abstractively ‎(comparative more abstractively, superlative most abstractively)

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

ReferencesEdit

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

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=abstractively&oldid=39144316"

Read in another language

Last edited on 21 July 2016, at 19:10