Hypertext Webster Gateway: "selective"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Selective \Se*lect"ive\, a.
Selecting; tending to select.
This selective providence of the Almighty. --Bp. Hall.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
selective
adj 1: tending to select; characterized by careful choice; "an
exceptionally quick and selective reader"- John Mason
Brown
2: characterized by very careful or fastidious selection; "the
school was very selective in its admissions"
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