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单词 electively
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electivelyadv.

Brit. /ᵻˈlɛktᵻvli/, U.S. /əˈlɛktəvli/, /iˈlɛktəvli/
Etymology: < elective adj. + -ly suffix2.
In an elective manner; by choice or preference.
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the mind > will > free will > [adverb] > with freedom of will
in one's free will?c1225
at a person's willc1300
abandonc1330
freely1340
wilfully1340
contingently1601
electively1636
facultatively1887
1636 T. Goodwin Childe of Light i. 109 Humours in the body..he can electively worke upon.
1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 137 Electively to espouse evil is the worst of evils.
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xiv. 489 Medicines that purge electively.
1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xviii. 331 In the cabbage, not by chance, but studiously and electively, she lays her egg.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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