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ABSTRUSELY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does abstrusely mean?
• ABSTRUSELY (adverb)
The adverb ABSTRUSELY has 1 sense:
1. in a manner difficult to understand
Familiarity information: ABSTRUSELY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a manner difficult to understand
Context example:
the professor's abstrusely reasoned theories were wasted on his students
Pertainym:
abstruse (difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge)
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