concretely

From concrete +‎ -ly.

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concretely (comparative more concretely, superlative most concretely)

1. In a concrete manner, physically, definitely
   • 1975, Olifant, volume 2, page 86:

     The components of Roland's "heroness" can not be contemplated per se. The audience perceives those components or qualities concretely through Roland's acts.

   • 2001, edited by James P. Sterba, Social and political philosophy: contemporary perspectives, page 153:

     More concretely, in his genderfree society — reminiscent of Lake Wobegon — women as well as men would be independent, decisive, and strong, and men as well as women would be cooperative, open, and nurturing (if not good-looking).

   • 2016, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz, Georg Ernst Stahl, The Leibniz-Stahl Controversy, page 311:

     Since the term 'imagination,' absolutely in a grammatical sense, means a certain, definite idea, that is, an affection of the mind, representative or implying a representation, in the same way I acknowledge that nothing physical, or even in any sense moral, could be conceived by the mind, or could be understood precisely, if not by means of a figurable example: and not only, as they say in the schools, concretely, but especially individually: for at the lowest degree, this can be done vaguely and even fictitiously by an arbitrary representation, which is nevertheless figuarable or imaginable.