Sometimes he recorded impressions in an almost abstract manner.

Of course, we have been discussing the problem in a very abstract manner, in both the state-owned and the state-regulated cases.

"Eclipse" begins in a seemingly abstract manner, then gradually builds emotional tension.

I have already spoken of his abstract manner at such times.

Programmers may take advantage of subtyping to write code in a more abstract manner than would be possible without it.

Then she went back to her tickets, flipping gum from one tooth to another in an abstract manner.

From the above examples, it's clear that we can think of rewriting systems in an abstract manner.

Perhaps if policy makers could visualize such long-term projections, they might be able to deal with the implications in a less abstract manner.

He is improvising in an abstract, but vivid manner.

And I do not hate him in an abstract manner, nor as a "typical representative," but as an individual.