selectively

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

selective +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

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[edit]

Translations[edit]

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=selectively&oldid=77991291"