selectively

English

Etymology

From selective +‎ -ly.

Adverb

selectively (comparative more selectively, superlative most selectively)

1. In a selective manner, only affecting or applying to some selected cases.
   • 2006, Markus Jakobsson, Steven Myers, Phishing and Countermeasures, page 128:

     Our prototype implements a basic pharming attack to selectively misresolve the client domain name requests.

Derived terms

• selectively mute

Translations

in a selective manner

Catalan: selectivament Finnish: valikoivasti (fi) Galician: selectivamente Portuguese: seletivamente Slovak: selektívne Spanish: selectivamente