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Abstractedly vs. Abstractly
Abstractedly
Examples:
He walked abstractedly into the room, lost in thought.She stared abstractedly out the window, not noticing the rain.Abstractedly, he doodled on the paper while listening.
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Abstractly
Examples:
She spoke abstractly about the concept of time.The artist likes to think abstractly when creating.Abstractly considering the problem led to insights.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Abstractly is used when referring to the manner of thinking or discussing something in an abstract way.
- Abstractedly refers to an action performed without paying attention to one's surroundings, often lost in thought.
- Think of abstractly as related to the concept of discussion or representation, while abstractedly is more about a state of mind.
- Abstract deals with ideas or concepts, abstracted involves being preoccupied with such thoughts.
- To remember, abstractly ends with -ly indicating the manner and is related to abstractions in thought; abstractedly involves being removed or distracted from the present moment.
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