abstractively

abstractively

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English abstractive
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English abstractively

    From abstractive + -ly.

    Pronunciation

    • (US) IPA(key): /æbˈstɹæk.tɪv.li/
    • Audio (US):(file)

    Adverb

    abstractively (comparative more abstractively, superlative most abstractively)

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

    References

    1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abstractively”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.
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