choosingly

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adverb

In a choosy manner; pickily.

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Meanings

adverbchoosingly (comparative more choosingly, superlative most choosingly)

comparative more choosingly · superlative most choosingly

  1. In a choosy manner; pickily.

    Then he stepped choosingly over the ground until he picked out a spot of loose pebbly soil on the arroyo bank, where he began to scoop out a grave, using his hunting knife and his hands.

    1926, Rose Lucile Ellerbe, Ropes of Sand, page 16

Origin

From choosing + -ly.

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Cite this entry
APA

choosingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/choosingly

MLA

“choosingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/choosingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “choosingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/choosingly.

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