Both Uses of
abstract
in
Washington Square
- It was an element in Dr. Sloper's reputation that his learning and his skill were very evenly balanced; he was what you might call a scholarly doctor, and yet there was nothing abstract in his remedies—he always ordered you to take something.†
Chpt 1
- She was waiting for him, in vulgar parlance, to name the day; and so long as he was unprepared to be explicit on this point it seemed a mockery to pretend to talk about matters more abstract.†
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Definition:
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(abstract as in: read the abstract) a summary; or to summarize -- especially academic writing