abstractively
English
Etymology
abstractive + -ly
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /æbˈstɹæk.tɪv.li/
Adverb
abstractively (comparative more abstractively, superlative most abstractively)
- (now rare) In an abstract manner; in the abstract. [First attested in the early 17th century.][1]
References
- “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.