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Definition of Electively
1. adv. In an elective manner; by choice.
Definition of Electively
1. Adverb. In an elective manner; by choice. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Electively
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Electively
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, ..."