Definition of selectively in English:
selectively
adverb sɪˈlɛktɪvlisəˈlɛktɪvli
In a way that involves the selection of only particular people or things.
clothes are selectively chosen for quality
he accused state officials of selectively enforcing the law
the book needs to be read selectively
Example sentencesExamples
- The focus in different parts of the image can be selectively adjusted.
- To best suit the cello, he has selectively added or omitted material from the violin edition.
- The risk-averse farmer selectively adopts technology that ensures positive net expected marginal benefits.
- Some speculate that libraries may become small-scale publishers by selectively transferring the flow of electronic information into print.
- Arte Povera's prehistory is thoroughly chronicled in the catalogue but only selectively represented in the exhibition.
- Once you buy the modules, their tools can be displayed together—or selectively hidden—in one workspace.
- He has selectively eliminated shadows, or has adjusted their angles to align them with significant points in the composition.
- They've selectively bred a rainbow of carrots—purple, red, yellow, even white.
- The various statements were at complete loggerheads, spun perfectly and selectively by organisations in damage-control mode.
- The fictional world only selectively represents the real world, making the themes about open issues particularly salient.
Definition of selectively in US English:
selectively
adverbsəˈlɛktɪvlisəˈlektivlē
In a way that involves the selection of only particular people or things.
clothes are selectively chosen for quality
he accused state officials of selectively enforcing the law
the book needs to be read selectively
Example sentencesExamples
- The focus in different parts of the image can be selectively adjusted.
- The risk-averse farmer selectively adopts technology that ensures positive net expected marginal benefits.
- He has selectively eliminated shadows, or has adjusted their angles to align them with significant points in the composition.
- Once you buy the modules, their tools can be displayed together—or selectively hidden—in one workspace.
- They've selectively bred a rainbow of carrots—purple, red, yellow, even white.
- Arte Povera's prehistory is thoroughly chronicled in the catalogue but only selectively represented in the exhibition.
- The various statements were at complete loggerheads, spun perfectly and selectively by organisations in damage-control mode.
- To best suit the cello, he has selectively added or omitted material from the violin edition.
- The fictional world only selectively represents the real world, making the themes about open issues particularly salient.
- Some speculate that libraries may become small-scale publishers by selectively transferring the flow of electronic information into print.