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discriminately

  • a word derived from discriminate.
    discriminate
    verb (used without object)
    to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality.

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The way a person speaks, dresses, and acts is constitutionally defined as “speech,” and the government cannot broadly and discriminately ban certain expressions.

From Slate Apr. 3, 2023

If consumption is virtuous, only those with the economic means to consume discriminately can have virtue.

From Slate May 3, 2013

There are titles to treasure and those to avoid among the 27 features and 11 shorts, many of which have been cherry-picked and rather less discriminately culled from other festivals, including Cannes and Berlin.

From New York Times Mar. 23, 2010

Moo J. Cho Kalamazoo, Mich. You captured the current world crisis, and in particular the Lebanese situation, when you observed that "America has yet to find a way to use power discriminately and effectively."

From Time Magazine Archive

A few drops sprinkled discriminately on Frederick would restore him to his earlier shape, and the wedding could then be announced.

From The Sunny Side by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander)