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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