— removedly /ri mooh"vid lee, -moohvd"-/ , adv. — removedness , n.
/ri moohvd"/ , adj.
1. remote; separate; not connected with; distinct from.
2. distant by a given number of degrees of descent or kinship: A first cousin once removed is the child of one's first cousin. The grandchildren of one's first cousin are one's first cousins twice removed.
[ 1540-50; REMOVE + -ED 2 ]
Syn. 1. withdrawn, abstracted; isolated, solitary, apart.