Selectively

adv

adv ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a selective manner, only affecting or applying to some selected cases.

    "Our prototype implements a basic pharming attack to selectively misresolve the client domain name requests."

Adverb
  1. 1
    by selection; in a selective manner wordnet

Example

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"I selectively don't like kids at school by their choice of death metal bands."

Etymology

From selective + -ly.

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