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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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
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
He succeeded in getting his experimental prune trees to develop discriminatively, almost as if they had the power of choice, particular plum qualities in preference to others.
From Certain Success by Norval A. Hawkins
Team-work Processes You understand now that your growth should be on a dual basis; that you have two different men to develop, not just one; and that they must be handled discriminatively, but together.
From Certain Success by Norval A. Hawkins
