Abstractly
[æb'stræktli]
Definition
(adv.) In an abstract state or manner; separately; absolutely; by itself; as, matter abstractly considered.
Checker: Sophia
Examples
- They come from an effort to state abstractly in intellectual terms qualities that can be known only by direct experience. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- We are all abstractly or mathematically equal, if you like. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- You might as well talk abstractly about the goodness or badness of this universe which contains happiness, pain, exhilaration and indifference in a thousand varying grades and quantities. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Checker: Sophia