Dictionary Entry
selective
selective is a 9-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Selecting; tending to select. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 3 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Selecting; tending to select.
- 2adjective
tending to select; characterized by careful choice- John Mason Brown
"an exceptionally quick and selective reader"
- 3adjective
characterized by very careful or fastidious selection
"the school was very selective in its admissions"
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