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Meaning of "selectly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SELECTLY

selectly  [sɪˈlektlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SELECTLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Selectly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES SELECTLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of selectly in the English dictionary

The definition of selectly in the dictionary is in a select manner.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SELECTLY


abjectly
ˈæbdʒɛktlɪ
abstractly
ˈæbstræktlɪ
adjunctly
ˈædʒʌŋktlɪ
circumspectly
ˈsɜːkəmˌspɛktlɪ
compactly
kəmˈpæktlɪ
conjunctly
kənˈdʒʌŋktlɪ
correctly
kəˈrektlɪ
directly
dɪˈrɛktlɪ
distinctly
dɪˈstɪŋktlɪ
erectly
ɪˈrektlɪ
exactly
ɪɡˈzæktlɪ
imperfectly
ɪmˈpɜːfɪktlɪ
incorrectly
ˌɪnkəˈrektlɪ
indirectly
ˌɪndaɪˈrɛktlɪ
indistinctly
ˌɪndɪˈstɪŋktlɪ
inexactly
ˌɪnɪɡˈzæktlɪ
matter-of-factly
ˌmætərəvˈfæktlɪ
perfectly
ˈpɜːfɪktlɪ
strictly
ˈstrɪktlɪ
succinctly
səkˈsɪŋktlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SELECTLY

selectionist
selective
selective abortion
selective amnesia
selective attention
selective breeding
selective memory
selective service
selective strike
selective synchronisation
selective synchronization
selectively
selectiveness
selectivity
selectman
selectmen
selectness
selector
selectorate
selectorial

WORDS THAT END LIKE SELECTLY

apparently
consistently
constantly
currently
differently
frequently
greatly
honestly
hypercorrectly
independently
instantly
mostly
not exactly
partly
recently
shortly
significantly
slightly
subsequently
unperfectly

Synonyms and antonyms of selectly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «selectly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SELECTLY

Find out the translation of selectly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of selectly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «selectly» in English.

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selectly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

selectly
570 millions of speakers

English

selectly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

selectly
380 millions of speakers
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selectly
280 millions of speakers

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selectly
278 millions of speakers

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selectly
270 millions of speakers

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selectly
260 millions of speakers

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selectly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pilih
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

selectly
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

selectly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

selectly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pilihane
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

selectly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

selectly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निवडक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

selectly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

selectly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

selectly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

selectly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

selectly
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

selectly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

selectly
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

selectly
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

selectly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of selectly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SELECTLY»

The term «selectly» is normally little used and occupies the 145.548 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SELECTLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about selectly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELECTLY»

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An Introduction to English Morphology: Words and Their Structure
... that the existence of such noun-derived and verb- derived adverbs (as well as of adjective-derived ones) is haph^ard and unpredictable, so there happens to exist no word 'selectly (meaning 'selectively'), nor 'cheerly (meaning 'cheerily').
Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy, 2002
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THE ANTI-JACOBIN REVIEW AND MAGAZINE
Dajt/mis and Chke, a Pastoral Novel, note first selectly translated into -English, from the Greek of Lougus. I2mo. Pp. 265. Vigurs, Penzanccj Vernor and Hood, London. 1803. THIS little novel, su/i/iosed to he an imitation of the Ethiopics ofHelio- ...
THE ANTI-JACOBIN REVIEW AND MAGAZINE, 1803
3
My Balancing Act
... Spending Scarlet, like a Woman, Yellow she affords Only scantly and selectly Like a Lover's Words.” I swear 108 My Balancing act.
Patty Jacobs, 2010
4
Charles Auchester: A memorial ...
He chose very selectly, nathless, securing only the most delicate and rare of the wonders spread about him, and which excited his naivete* to the utmost. His choice comprised all crisp white comfits and red-rose ones, almond-eggs, the most ...
Elizabeth Sara Sheppard, 1853
5
Catalogue of books added to the Library of Congress, from ...
2. 8°. Brooklyn, by the society, 1869. CONTENTS. FIELD (T. W.) The battle of Long Inland. Longus. Daphnis and Chloe. A pastoral novel. Now first selectly translated into English from the original Greek. By Charles Valentine Le Grice. 266 pp.
Library of Congress, 1870
6
Bentley's Miscellany
Though selectly select in her visiting-list, her acquaintance in town is considerable ; and the best mansions in May-Fair contribute their quota of ladies' maids to her whist-table on Opera nights, or royal ball-nights, when she is sure of getting rid ...
Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith, 1841
7
The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural & Domestic ...
numerous Bengal and other roses; and a most luxuriant plant of Ribes sanguineum. No. 16. A very selectly planted garden, in which Lobélz'a gracilis, Anagallis coccinea grandiflora, and verbenas, made a conspicuous appearance. N0. 17.
‎1838
8
If Winter Comes
The exact words of a selectly famous professor of philosophy who, living the few years of his retirement in the neighbourhood of the preparatory school, had given – for pure love of seeing young things and feeling the freshness of young minds ...
A. S. M. Hutchinson, 2008
9
Dictionary of the Spanish and English Language: Wherein the ...
Choicely, selectly. 2. Elegantly, nicely. ESCOOIMIKTTO, sm. Choice, selection. ESCUL tn. sm. Scholar, student. — a. Scholastic. ESCOLA.R, vn. V. Colar. ESCOLASTICAMENTE, ml Scholastically. ESCOLA.STICO, CA, a. Scholastic, pertaining ...
Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Marco Antonio Barretti, 1832
10
The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature
Indeed the version of Thornley is little known ; and, as he professes to have seen only the edition of Villoison, he is perhaps less acquainted with the ancient history of the Pastorals. In effect, his object was to translate ' selectly; and minuter  ...
‎1804

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SELECTLY»

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Gum Springs is host to many birds
“Nature rarer uses yellow…yellow she affords only scantly and selectly, like a lover's words” (Emily Dickinson). A reader inquired that there is a grayish-whiteish ... «Siftings Herald, Jul 15»

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