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selectively en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English selective Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English selectively From selective + -ly.

Meanings

  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. 2006, Markus Jakobsson, Steven Myers, Phishing and Countermeasures, page 128:

Forms

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most selectively Degree=Sup lexicographic
more selectively Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

selectively mute · hepatoselectively · photoselectively · superselectively · nonselectively

Translations (6)

sk selektívne (in a selective manner) · pt seletivamente (in a selective manner) · gl selectivamente (in a selective manner) · es selectivamente (in a selective manner) · fi valikoivasti (in a selective manner) · ca selectivament (in a selective manner)