optionally
At your discretion
Optionally means as an option rather than a requirement—you may do it or not: The software optionally encrypts your files.
It signals that what follows is available but not mandatory: Serve optionally with whipped cream.
Done by choice
- electiveChosen, not mandated
- discretionarySubject to personal judgment
- alternativeAnother available choice
- decisionSettled course of action
preference · selection · pick · choose · decide · volition · autonomy · deliberation
Done by choice
- electiveChosen, not mandated
- discretionarySubject to personal judgment
- nonessentialNot required or needed
- noncompulsoryNot required by rule
nonobligatory · unnecessary · unforced · unrequired · waivable · dispensable · facultative · permissive
Able to adjust readily
- adjustableAble to be changed
- modifiableAble to be changed
- customizableAble to be modified
- configurableAble to be adjusted
alterable · changeable · variable · tailorable · versatile · open-ended · revocable · negotiable
Without external compulsion
- electivelyBy personal choice
- selectivelyWith careful choosing
- alternativelyBy another choice
- conditionallyWith requirements attached
preferentially · arbitrarily · sporadically · occasionally · intermittently · incidentally · casually · permissively
voluntary
Done by choice
- electiveChosen, not mandated
- discretionarySubject to personal judgment
- alternativeAnother available choice
decision · preference · selection · pick · choose · decide · volition · autonomy · deliberation · consideration
voluntary
Done by choice
- electiveChosen, not mandated
- discretionarySubject to personal judgment
- nonessentialNot required or needed
noncompulsory · nonobligatory · unnecessary · unforced · unrequired · waivable · dispensable · facultative · permissive · skippable
adaptable
Able to adjust readily
- adjustableAble to be changed
- modifiableAble to be changed
- customizableAble to be modified
configurable · alterable · changeable · variable · tailorable · versatile · open-ended · revocable · negotiable · scalable
voluntarily
Without external compulsion
- electivelyBy personal choice
- selectivelyWith careful choosing
- alternativelyBy another choice
conditionally · preferentially · arbitrarily · sporadically · occasionally · intermittently · incidentally · casually · permissively · flexibly
- if possiblemaybe, perhaps, possibly, potentially, conceivably
optionallymandatorily
By force of rule
obligatorily · compulsorily · perforce · forcibly · by default
optionallynecessarily
As an unavoidable consequence
essentially · inevitably · inherently · intrinsically · fundamentally
- clothing optionalAttire not mandatory
- test optionalNon-compulsory examination choice
- optional bossNon-mandatory powerful adversary