Crossword clues for abstractly
abstractly
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abstractly \Ab"stract`ly\ (#; 277), adv. In an abstract state or manner; separately; absolutely; by itself; as, matter abstractly considered.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
adv. In an abstract state or manner; separately; absolutely, as matter '''abstractly''' considered. (First attested around 1350 to 1470.)(R:SOED5: page=10)
WordNet
adv. in abstract terms [ant: concretely]
Usage examples of "abstractly".
As the days passed he grew convinced that he had been abstractly victimised - but then the postcard arrived.
He broods on it abstractly sometimes, when high: this No-One-Must-Know thing.
The palm was violet, with splotches of some sort of possible fungal decay, and with dark branching lines where the pink palm-lines of people who don't live in dumpsters usually are, and Kate Gompert studied the palm abstractly, and the weather-bleached GIGABUCKS299 ticket on the pavement below it.
These spiritual powers include our own evolved self, which some say is formed through many lifetimes, and the higher divine cosmic energies, such as a supreme god or goddess, or, more abstractly, some sort of divine light, spirit and goodness.
Within him, through him, as the outward semblance of the kind passed away, I saw the swirls and curves, the straits and channels-black-lined, geometrizing abstractly inside the general outline of a large and noble figure.
Within him, through him, as the outward semblance of the kind passed away, I saw the swirls and curves, the straits and channels—black-lined, geometrizing abstractly inside the general outline of a large and noble figure.