1. Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart. The evil abstracted stood from his own evil. Milton.
2. Separated from matter; abstract; ideal. [Obs.]
3. Abstract; abstruse; difficult. [Obs.] Johnson.
4. Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind. "An abstracted scholar." Johnson.
ABSTRACTEDLY
Ab*stract"ed*ly, adv.
Defn: In an abstracted manner; separately; with absence of mind.
ABSTRACTEDNESS
Ab*stract"ed*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being abstracted; abstract character.
ABSTRACTER
Ab*stract"er, n.
Defn: One who abstracts, or makes an abstract.