discriminative
adjective
constituting a particular quality, trait, or difference; characteristic; notable.
discriminatively
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a word derived from
discriminative.
Example Sentences
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But in order to be a certainly successful salesman of yourself you should observe more intelligently and discriminatively hereafter.
From Certain Success by Norval A. Hawkins
"What else is it that smells?" asked Nort, lifting up his nose and sniffing discriminatively.
From Hempfield A Novel by David Grayson
Another man, with a mind discriminatively and restrictively trained to recognize differences, would learn in five minutes to distinguish the individualities of the twins.
From Certain Success by Norval A. Hawkins
He restricted his experimental prune trees to the development of specific delicious qualities, by giving them no food except that discriminatively selected for his purpose.
From Certain Success by Norval A. Hawkins
My dear Howison,—How you have misunderstood the application of my word "trivial" as being discriminatively applied to your pluralistic idealism!
From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by William James
