select
verb (used with object)
to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
selectness
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a word derived from
select.
Example Sentences
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Both are right in preferring what suits them best, the delicacy and selectness of the one, or the fulness and majestic flow of the other.
From Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners by William Hazlitt
The outstanding characteristic of the new Society is to be its selectness.
From Natural Law in the Spiritual World by Henry Drummond
The company was not numerous; it was rather remarkable for its selectness.
From Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century by William Ware
It revolutionised his idea of the Explorers’ Club’s extreme selectness, of its social purity.
From The Secret Agent a Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad
A little spurt there was, back towards his own home,—just enough to give something of selectness to the few who saw him fall,—and then he fell.
From The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope
