Definition of Electively

1. adv. In an elective manner; by choice.

Definition of Electively

1. Adverb. In an elective manner; by choice. ¹

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Definition of Electively

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Electively

electioneer
electioneered
electioneerer
electioneerers
electioneering
electioneers
elections
elections of remedies
elective
elective abortion
elective culture
elective mutism
elective share
elective shares
elective surgery
electively
electiveness
electivenesses
electives
electoral
electoral college
electoral colleges
electoral district
electoral districts
electoral fraud
electoral register
electoral registers
electoral roll
electoral system
electorally

Literary usage of Electively

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Seed Thoughts for Public Speakers by Arthur Tappan Pierson (1900)
"If one is to comply with any such requisition it is necessary that he shall learn to read electively and selectively — glancing at much that will not repay ..."

2. Lectures on the Moral Government of God by Nathaniel William Taylor (1859)
"and condition, of acting with his will and heart in respect to some object or end, as his supreme or chief object or end ; that is, of electively preferring ..."

3. Thyroid and Thymus by André Crotti (1918)
"likely occurs through the influence of hormones acting electively and exclusively upon each set of fibers. This notion of "duality of function" of the same ..."

4. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1890)
"Moreover, one finds a transition from these masses, whicl i electively stained by the Weigert method, to spirals. One nc; also that where spirals are very ..."

5. The Works of Thomas Goodwin, D.D. by Thomas Goodwin (1864)
"of that chapter hath solemnly assured us, that he did electively give, ... Jehovah, Jehovah, gracious,' &e., surely it was electively and designedly done, ..."

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