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
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
Still, despite his selectiveness, le Carré has always been a peerless storyteller — and central to both espionage and novel writing is the ability to make up stuff and get others to buy it.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2016
That is, the reason why the conflict of responses does not end in a deadlock, but in a redirection, is that a certain selectiveness of response comes into play.
From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Boyd H. Bode
