selectively
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4.2
- adverb
- /sɪˈlɛktɪvli/
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selectivamente
- Investors are selectively funding startups that demonstrate sustainable practices.
- selectively applied
- selectively used
- selectively attend
But also the bank can't selectively leave out things.
- But also the bank can't selectively leave out things.
- Our research into this indicates a high risk of selectively reported results.
- Fentanyl does not selectively cause damage to brain cells.
- I'm not saying don't watch the news, I'm saying watch the news selectively.
- Our brains are hard wired to selectively remember the good and to block out the bad.
- And then they go in and they are able to selectively silence the neurons that represent sweet.
- We started selectively breeding animals many, many thousands of years ago.
- Like if we take you or me, I'm not a person who is selectively anxious only when I need to perform, right?
- But it's there is there should be a certain standard that you're going to have to set if you are going to be selectively choosing your onions.
- And so you're selectively editing the gene pool of these creatures for their temperament.
- But what's interesting for our educational purposes is the police went beyond the letter of the law and selectively applied it.
- And if you're allowing, you know, a sheriff to kind of selectively decide who gets the permit, then that's a big problem on along those lines.
- If pure insight really was just kind of a partisan project deployed selectively to attack opponents, it really wouldn't be pure insight.
- That's not what I'm saying, but selectively targeted program.
Examples
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Our brains are hard wired to selectively remember the good and to block out the bad.
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Scholarly publications draw selectively upon field research to illuminate or advance a particular point.
Academic text (2017) -
The ability to understand and selectively use the results of research is critical.
Academic text (1990) -
Our research into this indicates a high risk of selectively reported results.
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Another increasingly prevalent phenomenon is using cell phones to selectively interact with others.
Academic text (2013) -
The long-term goal of this research is to selectively separate individual plastics.
Academic text (1992) -
We should alter our curricula, selectively building depth to maximize the unique strengths of our respective institutions.
Academic text (1994) -
E-news certainly provides more convenience for scanning, selectively reading, and keyword spotting to fulfill our needs.
Academic text (2015) -
The committee decided to hire selectively, choosing only candidates with relevant experience.
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She read the report selectively, focusing on the sections that related to her research.
Synonyms
In a careful way that shows good judgment when choosing people or things
Uses careful judgment to notice small differences and choose good quality
Antonyms
How Selective
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Selectively comes from select, which comes from a Latin root meaning 'to choose', so imagine picking only the best apples from a basket instead of taking them all. So, to act selectively is to choose some things carefully, not everything.