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abstractedly, adv.|æbˈstræktɪdlɪ| [f. prec. + -ly2.] In an abstracted or abstract manner. 1. Separately, distinctly, independently from.
1637Sanderson 21 Serm. Ad Aul. vi. (1673) 90 We consider it abstractedly from those discommodiousnesses and incumbrances which yet inseparably cleave thereunto. 1741Middleton Cicero II. vii. 84 If we consider this famous passage of the Rubicon, abstractedly from the event, it seems to have been..hazardous & desperate. 1865Mill Repr. Gov. 24/2 Abstractedly from religious considerations, a passive character..may not indeed be very useful to others. 2. With absence of mind.
1836Dickens Nich. Nick. (C.D. ed.) 57 ‘Where indeed!’ said Nicholas abstractedly. 1866Geo. Eliot F. Holt III. xxxvii. 47 The minister paused, and seemed to be abstractedly gazing at some memory. 3. From an abstract point of view; in the abstract; abstractly.
1649Jer. Taylor Great Exemp. iii. §17, If we consider a spiritual life abstractedly, and in itself. 1790Burke Fr. Revol. Wks. V. 36 Abstractedly speaking, government, as well as liberty, is good. 1826Disraeli Viv. Grey vi. iv. 330 A constitutional freedom the absence of which they only abstractedly feel. |