What does "discriminatively" mean?

With discrimination or distinction.

What is a synonym for "discriminatively"?

Common synonyms include: particularly, tastefully.

Pronounced //dɪsˈkɹɪmɪnətɪvli//.

//dɪsˈkɹɪmɪnətɪvli// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Adverb

1
With discrimination or distinction.
"[…] acquiring an understanding of its leading principles, so as to be able to give them forth discriminatively in language of his own […]"

"[…] acquiring an understanding of its leading principles, so as to be able to give them forth discriminatively in language of his own […]"

From discriminative + -ly.

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