Choosingly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a choosy manner; pickily.

    "Then he stepped choosingly over the ground until he picked out a spot of loose pebbly soil on the arroyo bank, where he began to scoop out a grave, using his hunting knife and his hands."

Example

More examples

"Then he stepped choosingly over the ground until he picked out a spot of loose pebbly soil on the arroyo bank, where he began to scoop out a grave, using his hunting knife and his hands."

Etymology

From choosing + -ly.

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