All 3 Uses of
abstract
in
Anne Of Green Gables
- As it progressed Anne became more and more abstracted, eating mechanically, with her big eyes fixed unswervingly and unseeingly on the sky outside the window.†
Chpt 4
- Anne gave herself up to a silent rapture over the shore road and Marilla guided the sorrel abstractedly while she pondered deeply.†
Chpt 5 *
- Marilla was not to be drawn from the safe concrete into dubious paths of the abstract.†
Chpt 12 *
Definitions:
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(abstract as in: abstract thought) of a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
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(abstract as in: read the abstract) a summary; or to summarize -- especially academic writing