(see the adj.), adv. [f. CONCRETE a. + -LY2.] In a concrete form, manner, or sense; as presented in actual facts or cases.

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1654.  Warren, Unbelievers, 155. 1. Abstractly … And 2. Concretely.

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1864.  J. H. Newman, Apol., 380. I am not speaking of right reason, but of reason as it acts in fact and concretely in fallen man.

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1880.  Muirhead, Ulpian, v. § 3, note. The word might be employed either abstractly, concretely, or relatively.

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1880.  W. Wallace, Epicureanism, 96. The popular conception of matter takes things too concretely, and with too little analysis.

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