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choicely

choicely adverb: taking care in choosing; with attention to preference.

Adverb

choicely (comparative more choicely, superlative most choicely)

  1. (archaic) Taking care in choosing; with attention to preference.
    • a band of men collected choicely, from each county some1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    Synonyms:
    pickily
  2. (archaic) In a preferable or excellent manner; eminently.
    • choicely good1653, Iz[aak] Wa[lton], The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, […], London: […] T. Maxey for Rich[ard] Marriot, […], →OCLC; reprinted as The...

Synonyms of choicely

Forms of choicely

comparativemore choicely
superlativemost choicely

Origin of choicely

From Middle English choisly; equivalent to choice + -ly.

Questions about choicely

What does choicely mean?
Choicely means taking care in choosing; with attention to preference.
What part of speech is choicely?
Choicely is an adverb.

Words near choicely in the dictionary

  1. choiceful
  2. choiceless
  3. choiceless awareness
  4. choicelessly
  5. choicelessness
  6. choicely
  7. choiceness
  8. choicenesses
  9. choicer
  10. choices
  11. choicest

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