Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- With discrimination; with minute distinction; particularly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a discriminating manner; distinctly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
discriminating manner;distinctly .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Does that mean that Israel responded by "discriminately" bombing Lebanese civilians with precision fired missiles?
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Contrary to what the group outside Sainsbury's says, Porter claims the dispersal order is used discriminately and only when youths are genuinely being antisocial, not just hanging around.
Teens are left to their own devices as council axes all youth services 2011
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If I might offer one friendly thought and I really offer it in general, whereas flowers are often over-used and need be used more discriminately, unless it is Palm Sunday, the use of greenery and potted plants generally is often not terribly desirable in my estimation, and is most typically used as a means of covering up sanctuaries which are otherwise barren and uninteresting.
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The claim was that they were firing discriminately, but only after the Israeli response did they start firing the more deadly rockets.
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Economic theory suggests that if insurers lose the ability to price discriminately, they'll see lower profits.
EU Adviser: Insurance Pricing Is Discriminatory Charles Forelle 2010
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This is not mere disagreements here; most of you here HATE each other discriminately.
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Targeting these hyperactive genes, while sparing their modulated normal precursors, might be a novel means to attack cancer cells more discriminately.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Targeting these hyperactive genes, while sparing their modulated normal precursors, might be a novel means to attack cancer cells more discriminately.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Targeting these hyperactive genes, while sparing their modulated normal precursors, might be a novel means to attack cancer cells more discriminately.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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But what Adm. Johnson misunderstands is that the question here is not whether service is a right, but rather whether every citizen in this country is given an equal opportunity to compete for the privilege to serve or some have systematically and discriminately banned from competition solely based on their inherent characteristics, rather than physical abilities.
Sam Sedaei: Time to Pass HR 1283 and Let Gays Serve in the Military 2009
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