elective
adjective
pertaining to the principle of electing to an office, position, etc.
electively
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a word derived from
elective.
Example Sentences
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"At the point that parents/carers advise us that they intend to electively home educate, we make them aware of their responsibilities and share information about a range of provision available to them across Cornwall."
From BBC ● May 22, 2025
In other words, they're arguing that the term officer of the United States, electively as an entity, means more than the sum of its parts.”
From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2024
Jurors can electively identify themselves to the public and speak about their experience.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2021
And if patients electively choose to visit a hospital or clinic that is out of network, insurers are fully within their right to charge higher cost-sharing for that care.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 4, 2019
Her sweet slenderness barred the way about as electively as a mother quail does the road to her young.
From A Texas Ranger by William MacLeod Raine
