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What is the adjective for selective?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb select which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

selective
  1. Of or relating to the process of selection. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  2. (biology) Of or relating to natural selection.
  3. (of a person) choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting.
  4. (comparable) Having the authority or capability to make a selection.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. fastidious, fussy, discriminating, picky, particular, choosy, exacting, demanding, discerning, pernickety, critical, nice, persnickety, careful, choosey, faddish, faddy, astute, scrupulous, discriminatory, tasteful, choicy, judicious, cautious, eclectic, select, hard to please, cherry-picking, a la carte, finicky, finical, dainty, sensitive, fussbudgety, overnice, old-maidish, finicking, over-particular, nit-picking, delicate, perceptive, sharp, refined, pedantic, overparticular, acute, punctilious, meticulous, shrewd, wise … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “I was selective with my interventions, often ignoring those errors which made sense.”
      “However the latest one includes 80 gardening products, mainly selective weedkillers for lawns.”
      “It's important that you're selective about what you install on your computer.”
select
  1. Privileged, specially selected.
  2. Of high quality; top-notch.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. choice, handpicked, chosen, elect, favored, favoured, preferred, recherché, selected, favourite, favorite, prize, culled, picked, preferable, recherche, screened, weeded, hand-picked, cherry-picked, carefully chosen, first-line, of choice, elite, exclusive, particular, popular, privileged, designated, preferential, fave, ideal, recommended, elected, in, singled out, well-liked, certain, nominated, private, blessed, special, appointed, named, specially selected, best-liked, tabbed, conscripted, approved, most-liked … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Dinner will finish with a select range of cheese and crackers.”
      “Shown here are select fabrics that the renowned designer uses only for his well-heeled clientele.”
      “This opportunity is such that the investor cannot lose, and only a select few have knowledge of this opportunity.”
selectional
  1. Of or pertaining to selection.
  2. Examples:
      3. “These properties can be put to use in refining lexical type assignment so that selectional dependencies are taken into account.”
      “In both French and English, there is a loosening of selectional restrictions between a verb and its subject, which we observed in the case of English be able to.”
      “But selectional preferences are important as well.”
selected
  1. That have been selected or chosen.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. select, elected, designated, nominated, certain, chosen, elect, particular, preferred, favored, favoured, handpicked, choice, culled, favorite, favourite, named, picked, preferable, appointed, exclusive, popular, preferential, weeded, approved, conscripted, tabbed, hand-picked, cherry-picked, first-line, carefully chosen, of choice, elite, privileged, recommended, singled out, ideal, fave, sanctioned, in, screened, well-liked, supported, blessed, pegged, endorsed, recherché, noble, mentioned, recherche … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Teen bloggers can, in fact, limit access to their blogs to selected friends on their instant messaging buddy list.”
selectable
  1. Capable of being selected
  2. Synonyms:
      3. choosable
  3. Examples:
      4. “The smartphone offers a variety of selectable wallpapers, allowing users to customize their device's appearance.”
selectorial
  1. Relating to selection
selectest
  1. superlative form of select: most select
selecting
  1. present participle of select
  2. Synonyms:
      3. choosing, picking, taking, naming, adopting, electing, handpicking, nominating, specifying, appointing, deciding, favoring, favouring, preferring, setting, stipulating, culling, designating, tagging, capping, determining, optating, pegging, opting for, cherry-picking, deciding on, picking out, settling on, singling out, going for, fixing on, pinning down, settling upon, plumping for, making a choice, making a selection, going with … more
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