Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- By choice; with preference of one to another.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an elective manner; by choice.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In an
elective manner; bychoice .
Etymologies
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Examples
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None of us should want anything to do with someone who wants us because of surgical enhancements for which we potentially and electively mortgaged our health.
David Katz, M.D.: Bethlehem, 'Perfection' and Our Birthmark: Why Perfect Is the Enemy of Good! M.D. David Katz 2011
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None of us should want anything to do with someone who wants us because of surgical enhancements for which we potentially and electively mortgaged our health.
David Katz, M.D.: Bethlehem, 'Perfection' and Our Birthmark: Why Perfect Is the Enemy of Good! M.D. David Katz 2011
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None of us should want anything to do with someone who wants us because of surgical enhancements for which we potentially and electively mortgaged our health.
David Katz, M.D.: Bethlehem, 'Perfection' and Our Birthmark: Why Perfect Is the Enemy of Good! M.D. David Katz 2011
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None of us should want anything to do with someone who wants us because of surgical enhancements for which we potentially and electively mortgaged our health.
David Katz, M.D.: Bethlehem, 'Perfection' and Our Birthmark: Why Perfect Is the Enemy of Good! M.D. David Katz 2011
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None of us should want anything to do with someone who wants us because of surgical enhancements for which we potentially and electively mortgaged our health.
David Katz, M.D.: Bethlehem, 'Perfection' and Our Birthmark: Why Perfect Is the Enemy of Good! M.D. David Katz 2011
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None of us should want anything to do with someone who wants us because of surgical enhancements for which we potentially and electively mortgaged our health.
David Katz, M.D.: Bethlehem, 'Perfection' and Our Birthmark: Why Perfect Is the Enemy of Good! M.D. David Katz 2011
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So that's when we now electively repair Tetralogy of Fallot.
Tetralogy of Fallot — Preparing for your Baby's Delivery 2010
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The fellow can electively participate in the practice at these satellite sites on a periodic basis, as well as the primary ophthalmology clinics and surgeries on the main hospital campus.
Curriculum 2010
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J. William Gaynor, MD: We recently looked at a series of 100 consecutive children at CHOP having elective tetralogy repair between -- at under 6 months of age, which means they had been out of the hospital, they came back electively for their operation.
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None of us should want anything to do with someone who wants us because of surgical enhancements for which we potentially and electively mortgaged our health.
David Katz, M.D.: Bethlehem, 'Perfection' and Our Birthmark: Why Perfect Is the Enemy of Good! M.D. David Katz 2011
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