Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an abstract manner or state; absolutely; in a state or manner unconnected with anything else; in or by itself: as, matter abstractly considered.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an abstract state or manner; separately; absolutely; by itself.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in abstract terms
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Examples
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More abstractly: is human love the opposite of religion or another version of it?
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TP, I do not know enough about birds and their language capacities to comment but would say that the capacity to think abstractly is causally linked to a human capacity for communication.
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TP, I do not know enough about birds and their language capacities to comment but would say that the capacity to think abstractly is causally linked to a human capacity for communication.
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"Godhead" means "The essential and divine nature of God, regarded abstractly" and that the Greek words translated to be
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When I say "value", I'm not using that term abstractly - I mean the bottom line, practical dollars and cents value of visual effects to the film, television and video game industries.
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When I say "value", I'm not using that term abstractly - I mean the bottom line, practical dollars and cents value of visual effects to the film, television and video game industries.
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When I say "value", I'm not using that term abstractly - I mean the bottom line, practical dollars and cents value of visual effects to the film, television and video game industries.
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When I say "value", I'm not using that term abstractly - I mean the bottom line, practical dollars and cents value of visual effects to the film, television and video game industries.
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"I am what you might call abstractly anti-capitalist," he says.
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"I am what you might call abstractly anti-capitalist," he says.
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