The Collaborative International Dictionary
Electively
Electively \E*lect"ive*ly\, adv. In an elective manner; by choice.
Wiktionary
electively
adv. In an elective manner; by choice.
Usage examples of "electively".
Another bit of luck was that Gretchen Scheffler -- possibly I had asked her to do so -- tailored me a suit which, cut in the unassuming, electively affinitive style of the early nineteenth century, still conjures up the spirit of Goethe in my album, bearing witness to the two souls in my breast, and enables me, with but a single drum, to be in St.
He has, after all, electively reincarnated for a reason: Sirhan's throwaway comment about the cat caught his attention.