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Concretely

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con·crete  (kn-krt, kng-, knkrt, kng-)
adj.
1. Of or relating to an actual, specific thing or instance; particular: had the concrete evidence needed to convict.
2. Existing in reality or in real experience; perceptible by the senses; real: concrete objects such as trees.
3. Formed by the coalescence of separate particles or parts into one mass; solid.
4. Made of hard, strong, conglomerate construction material.
n. (knkrt, kng-, kn-krt, kng-)
1. A hard, strong construction material consisting of sand, conglomerate gravel, pebbles, broken stone, or slag in a mortar or cement matrix.
2. A mass formed by the coalescence of particles.
v. (knkrt, kng-, kn-krt, kng-) con·cret·ed, con·cret·ing, con·cretes
v.tr.
1. To build, treat, or cover with hard, strong conglomerate construction material.
2. To form into a mass by coalescence or cohesion of particles or parts.
v.intr.
To harden; solidify.

[Middle English concret, from Latin concrtus, past participle of concrscere, to grow together, harden : com-, com- + crscere, to grow; see ker-2 in Indo-European roots.]

con·cretely adv.
con·creteness n.
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Adv.1.concretely - in concrete terms; "concretely, this meant that he was broke"
abstractly - in abstract terms

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The abstract number, five, I am willing to admit; but, concretely, it has reference to bottles of Brown Stout, without which, in the way of condiment, Welsh rabbit is to be eschewed.
Be terse in style, vigorous of phrase, apt, concretely apt, in similitude.
She grappled with it concretely, making a cat- like leap for the murderer and gripping his neck-cloth with both her hands.
 
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