abstracted
/əbˈstɹæk.tɪd/
UK: /əbˈstɹæk.tɪd/
ƏBSTɹÆK · tɪd (2 syllables)
English
Adj
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Definition
Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.
Etymology
From abstract + -ed.
Example Sentences
- "the evil abstracted stood From his own evil,[…]"
- "I am not sure, that the best way of discussing any subject, except those, that concern the abstracted sciences, is not somewhat in the way of dialogue."
- "The preſent Argument is the moſt abſtracted that ever I engaged in, it ſtrains my Faculties to their higheſt Stretch; and I deſire the Reader to attend with utmoſt perpenſity; For, I now proceed to unravel this knotty Point."
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