Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an abstracted or absent manner.
- In the abstract; in a separated state, or in contemplation only.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an abstracted manner; separately; with absence of mind.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an absentminded or preoccupied manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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She pronounced the name abstractedly, for she was surprised at the admission.
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Mrs. Rossitur took up the magazine again abstractedly, and read –
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These last may be termed abstractedly and simply friends, the former as
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Apocalypse, holiness and filthiness would not be spoken of abstractedly, that is, apart from holy and _filthy_ persons, and in like manner righteousness and unrighteousness would not be mentioned apart from their necessary {117} antecedents, _personal_ righteous and unrighteous _deeds_.
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And from the business point of view it is just merely wrong to abstractedly speculate that someone wants something.
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Belden abstractedly began to light his pipe, which had failed to go out, and then brightened up with, "How 'bout yerself, stranger, — married man?"
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As he read, he abstractedly ran his fingers, with a caressing movement, through his hair.
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Belden abstractedly began to light his pipe, which had failed to go out, and then brightened up with, "How 'bout yerself, stranger, — married man?"
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In the title sequence, a woman who's neither young nor truly old gyrates mysteriously and abstractedly in the middle of a wheat field.
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In the title sequence, a woman who's neither young nor truly old gyrates mysteriously and abstractedly in the middle of a wheat field.
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