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Abstrusely

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ab·struse  (b-strs, b-)
adj.
Difficult to understand; recondite. See Synonyms at ambiguous.
[Latin abstrsus, past participle of abstrdere, to hide : abs-, ab-, away; see ab-1 + trdere, to push; see treud- in Indo-European roots.]
ab·strusely adv.
ab·struseness n.
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Adv.1.Abstruselyabstrusely - in a manner difficult to understand; "the professor's abstrusely reasoned theories were wasted on his students"


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In the abstrusely titled "Understanding the End of the Cold War as a Non-Linear Confluence," Richard Ned Lebow and Janice Gross Stein make a clear point: The Reagan administration's initial hard line ensured that "dramatic, irreversible, and even unilateral actions on the Soviet side were probably necessary to jump start the process of accommodation.
Reagan's victory? How did the Cold War end? by Levin, Edmund / The Weekly Standard
Seyyed Nasr rightly but abstrusely laments science's inability to fit consciousness into nature.
Passion & obedience by McCarraher, Eugene / Commonweal
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