单词 | electively |
释义 | electivelyadv. In an elective manner; by choice or preference. ΘΚΠ 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). < adv.1636 |
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