discriminatively

/dɪsˈkɹɪmɪnətɪvli//dɪsˈkɹɪmɪˌneɪtɪvli/

adverb

With discrimination or distinction.

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Meanings

adverbdiscriminatively (comparative more discriminatively, superlative most discriminatively)

comparative more discriminatively · superlative most discriminatively

  1. With discrimination or distinction.

    […] acquiring an understanding of its leading principles, so as to be able to give them forth discriminatively in language of his own […]

    1804, John Foster, Essays in a Series of Letters

Origin

From discriminative + -ly.

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APA

discriminatively. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discriminatively

MLA

“discriminatively.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discriminatively. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “discriminatively,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discriminatively.

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