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se·lec·tive·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. selectivelyadverb

    by selection; in a selective manner

    "we choose our students very selectively"

Wiktionary

  1. selectivelyadverb

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

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  1. selectively

    Selectively is an adverb that describes the act of carefully choosing or making a decision based on specific criteria or preferences. It involves making choices with deliberate attention and discrimination, often due to certain qualities, characteristics or attributes.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of selectively in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of selectively in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of selectively in a Sentence

  1. Doris Cooper Anthony:

    Its not history unless you tell the whole thing. History has been fragmented selectively to paint a picture that is delusional really.

  2. Alfred Nobel:

    We have to understand the mechanisms, so we can selectively provide good therapy, we can't avoid DNA damage. We live in a world where we get exposed to DNA damaging agents all the time.

  3. Colm Kelleher:

    We are seeing selectively one or two deals that are having problems clearing here. I think they're of an idiosyncratic nature, but I'm on very high alert for that.

  4. Donald Selkin:

    My advice to younger people would be to stick your toe in at these lower prices, selectively, and dollar cost average on the down days.

  5. Niall Mottram:

    This targeted dispense technology has the potential to dramatically reduce the amount of pesticides and herbicides that we apply to crops today; potentially by up to 99 percent. It does this by selectively targeting only weeds and infestations in a whole field, so that healthy crop and soil doesn't have pesticide applied to it. Through that we can massively reduce both cost and environmental impact.

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