selectively
Not taking everything
Selectively means in a way that involves careful choosing rather than taking everything available.
Someone who eats selectively picks certain foods and avoids others.
To quote selectively is to choose passages that serve your purpose while ignoring others—often with implications of bias or manipulation: The report selectively cited studies that supported its conclusion.
Evaluative selection process
- excludingLeaving something out
- omittingFailing to include
- restrictingPlacing limits upon
- eliminatingRemoving from consideration
culling · separating · isolating · sorting · sifting · weeding · narrowing · targeting
With deliberate attention
- deliberatelyDone with intention
- judiciouslyWith sound, careful thinking
- discriminatinglyWith careful distinction-making
- particularSpecific or fussy
choosy · picky · fussy · fastidious · meticulous · finicky · persnickety · exacting
Without proper justice
- prejudiciallyWith preformed negative judgment
- partiallyTo an incomplete extent
- unevenlyIn irregular manner
- inconsistentlyIn an unreliable manner
arbitrarily · inequitably · disproportionately · preferentially · favorably · exclusively · restrictively
Gathering items over time
- archivingStoring for long-term keeping
- cataloguingRecording items systematically
- preservingProtecting from deterioration
- showcasingPresenting something prominently
acquiring · assembling · compiling · gathering · organizing · displaying · exhibiting · editing
screening
Evaluative selection process
- excludingLeaving something out
- omittingFailing to include
- restrictingPlacing limits upon
eliminating · culling · separating · isolating · sorting · sifting · weeding · narrowing · targeting · prioritizing
carefully
With deliberate attention
- deliberatelyDone with intention
- judiciouslyWith sound, careful thinking
- discriminatinglyWith careful distinction-making
particular · choosy · picky · fussy · fastidious · meticulous · finicky · persnickety · exacting · scrupulous
unfairly
Without proper justice
- prejudiciallyWith preformed negative judgment
- partiallyTo an incomplete extent
- unevenlyIn irregular manner
inconsistently · arbitrarily · inequitably · disproportionately · preferentially · favorably · exclusively · restrictively
collecting
Gathering items over time
- archivingStoring for long-term keeping
- cataloguingRecording items systematically
- preservingProtecting from deterioration
showcasing · acquiring · assembling · compiling · gathering · organizing · displaying · exhibiting · editing · arranging
- manner of listeningactively, passively, attentively, intently, closely
selectivelyindiscriminately
Without making distinctions
promiscuously · randomly · haphazardly · carelessly · arbitrarily
selectivelycomprehensively
Fully and completely
universally · wholly · entirely · completely · totally
- selective memoryUnconsciously filtering past events
- selective hearingUnconsciously filtering unwanted input
- selective amnesiaUnconsciously blocking specific memories
- selective serviceCompulsory military enrollment system
- selective listeningHearing only chosen input
- selective breedingControlled reproduction for traits