abstrusely

English

Etymology

abstruse +‎ -ly

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əbˈstɹuːs.li/
  • (US) IPA(key): /æbˈstɹus.li/, /əbˈstɹus.li/
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Adverb

abstrusely (comparative more abstrusely, superlative most abstrusely)

  1. In an abstruse manner. [First attested in the early 17th century.][1]

References
  1. Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abstrusely”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.
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