selectively

1. 1.

   by selection; in a selective manner

   “we choose our students very selectively”

Questions about selectively

What does selectively mean?

selectively means "by selection; in a selective manner".

How many syllables are in selectively?

selectively has 4 syllables: selec-tiv-e-ly. The stress falls on "tiv". In IPA it is /səˈlɛktɪvli/.

Is selectively a common word?

selectively is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with selectively?

1 word rhymes with selectively. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.