selective
adjective
selectiveness
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a word derived from
selective.
Example Sentences
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Infante sees that selectiveness reflected in the marketplace.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
They have opted for inclusiveness over selectiveness, leaving no stone unturned.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2021
Obviously, you can’t describe everything, so it requires a kind of selectiveness.
From Slate ● Feb. 18, 2020
The selectiveness also lends status: the attuned eye immediately recognizes a Farrow & Ball red such as Incarnadine or Blazer.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 11, 2019
Again ours is the objection against such selectiveness by a whirlwind.
From The Book of the Damned by Charles Fort
