Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In an optional manner; with the privilege of choice.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In an optional manner.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In an optional manner. Not mandatorily.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in an optional manner

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

optional +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • * Themes may '' 'optionally' '' include a Theme Option to display additional credit links or text.

    Codex - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • * Themes may '' 'optionally' '' include a Theme Option to display additional credit links or text.

    Codex - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • Each mentee must also intern in your organization for at least one week during the school year (not in one go, plus it counts as community service for the student), and optionally for an additional two weeks during the summer break - paid experience.

    Creativity 2010

  • So, the plan is this: everyone signed up as a fan on the Winterbirth page on Facebook gets entered into a couple of draws – one next Friday, the 8th, the second the following Friday, 15th – and the lucky winners get themselves a free signed, and optionally dedicated etc., hardback copy of Fall of Thanes shipped off in the post to them by my own fair hand.

    Brian Ruckley · Fall of Thanes Giveaway 2009

  • The proposal should also include objectives and milestones, and optionally constraints, assumptions and risks.

    Project Proposal Draft : KillerCodingNinjaBunny 2009

  • In 2006, SpaceX won the NASA COTS competition to demonstrate transport of cargo and optionally crew to and from the International Space Station.

    NASA Watch: February 2009 Archives 2009

  • Each appeared in his or her own box on a dark screen and I could optionally see myself in a smaller box.

    Skype Does Better With Group Calls Than Mobile Walter S. Mossberg 2011

  • So, the plan is this: everyone signed up as a fan on the Winterbirth page on Facebook gets entered into a couple of draws - one next Friday, the 8th, the second the following Friday, 15th - and the lucky winners get themselves a free signed, and optionally dedicated etc., hardback copy of Fall of Thanes shipped off in the post to them by my own fair hand.

    Brian Ruckley - News & Views 2009

  • In 2006, SpaceX won the NASA COTS competition to demonstrate transport of cargo and optionally crew to and from the International Space Station.

    SpaceX COTS D Dragon Video - NASA Watch 2009

  • Start Rainmeter, and use the tray icon context menu to start the Configs - Multimeter - RSS. ini skin, and optionally also start the background skin.

    Multimeter RSS Embeds The Latest News On Your Desktop | Lifehacker Australia 2009

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