abstractively
/əbˈstraktɪvli/adverb
In an abstract manner, rather than in relation to concrete examples or particular instances; in the abstract; abstractly.
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in John Speed (d. 1629), historian and cartographer. From abstractive + -ly.
- red-tapist
- red-tapy
- red-tempered
- Red Terror
- redthroat
- red-throated
- red-throated diver
- red-throated loon
- red thrush
- red tide
- red tiger
- red-tipped
- red-tipped clearwing
- red-tipped pardalote
- red top
- red-topped
- red-topped sage
- Red Tory
- Red Toryism
- red tourmaline
- red trout
- red twig
- red-twigged
- red-twigged lime
- redub