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Definition of 'abstracted'

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abstracted

(æbstræktɪd )
adjective
Someone who is abstracted is thinking so deeply that they are not fully aware of what is happening around them.
[written]
Meg was so abstracted she scarcely noticed that the train had stopped.
The same abstracted look was still on his face.
Synonyms: preoccupied, withdrawn, remote, absorbed   More Synonyms of abstracted
abstractedly   adverb [ADVERB with verb]
She nodded abstractedly.
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abstracted in British

(æbˈstræktɪd )
adjective
1. 
lost in thought; preoccupied
2. 
taken out or separated; extracted
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Derived forms
abstractedly (abˈstractedly)
  adverb
abstractedness (abˈstractedness)
  noun
Word Frequency

abstracted in American

(æbˈstræktɪd ; abstrakˈtid)
adjective
1. 
removed or separated (from something)
2. 
withdrawn in mind; absent-minded
SIMILAR WORDS:  ˈabˈsent-minded
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Derived forms
abstractedly (abˈstractedly)
  adverb
abstractedness (abˈstractedness)
  noun

Example sentences containing 'abstracted'

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Identical fragments had been found on the clothing quietly abstracted from the locker of a prime suspect. Butler, Gwendoline COFFIN ON THE WATER (2002)He held the page flat with his left hand and on his face was an expression of abstracted absorption. Alan Judd THE DEVIL'S OWN WORK (2002)The old man looked out over the city, an abstracted frown on his face. Jack Higgins THE KEYS OF HELL (2002)
Amanda... quite aside from her tiredness, she seemed unnaturally abstracted. Stephanie Laurens ON A WILD NIGHT (2002)

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Nearby words of 'abstracted'

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