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discriminately

discriminately adverb: distinctly; In a manner that perceives or exhibits differences.

Adverb

discriminately (comparative more discriminately, superlative most discriminately)

  1. Distinctly; In a manner that perceives or exhibits differences.
    • Apparently, young children do not need higher-order concepts, or theory, to understand intentional states discriminately.1988, Janet W. Astington, Paul L. Harris, David R. Olson, Developing Theories of Mind, page 49
    • .A similar point holds for o₂—which, though indiscriminable from o₁, is discriminately less blue than o_(new).2010, Richard Dietz, Sebastiano Moruzzi, Cuts and Clouds: Vagueness, its Nature, & its Logic, page 58
  2. In a discriminating manner; showing discerning taste or judgement.
    • Behind the tall-backed and elaborately wrought chairs, stand the servants, men and maidens—fifteen in number—discriminately selected, not only with a view to their industry and faithfulness, but with special regard to their personal appearance, their graceful agility and captivating address.1855, Frederick Douglass, chapter VII, in My Bondage and My Freedom. […], New York; Auburn, N.Y.: Miller, Orton & Mulligan […], →OCLC
    • And the next car that passes we look at more closely and discriminately. We know something about automobiles and we could have one, too, if we were contented with a two-cylinder car like that. Or, as the impatience becomes greater, "That's four cylinders; but didn't that two-cylinder go almost as...1910, Edwin Balmer, The Science of Advertising

discriminately meaning in Urdu

discriminately in Urdu

امتیازی

Forms of discriminately

comparativemore discriminately
superlativemost discriminately

Origin of discriminately

From discriminate + -ly.

Words formed from discriminately

Questions about discriminately

What does discriminately mean?
Discriminately means distinctly; In a manner that perceives or exhibits differences.
What is discriminately in Urdu?
Discriminately in Urdu is امتیازی. See Discriminately meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is discriminately?
Discriminately is an adverb.

Words near discriminately in the dictionary

  1. discriminate
  2. discriminated
  3. discriminated-against
  4. discriminatee
  5. discriminatees
  6. discriminately
  7. discriminateness
  8. discriminates
  9. discriminating
  10. discriminatingly
  11. discrimination

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