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electively, adv.|ɪˈlɛktɪvlɪ| [f. prec. + -ly2.] In an elective manner; by choice or preference.
1643T. Goodwin Child of Light 105 Humours in the body..he can electively work upon. 1677Gale Crt. Gentiles II. iv. 137 Electively to espouse evil is the worst of evils. 1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xiv. 489 Medicines that purge electively. 1802Paley Nat. Theol. xviii. (1819) 272 In the cabbage, not by chance, but studiously and electively, she lays her eggs. |