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Preference vs Choicely - What's the difference?

preference | choicely |

As a noun preference

is preference.

As an adverb choicely is

with care in choosing; with attention to preference.

preference

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(Preferans) (en noun)
  • The selection of one thing or person over others.
  • The option to so select, and the one selected.
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  • , volume=189, issue=1, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Obama's once hip brand is now tainted , passage=Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet. Perhaps we assume that our name, address and search preferences will be viewed by some unseen pair of corporate eyes, probably not human, and don't mind that much.}}
  • The state of being preferred over others.
  • A strong liking or personal valuation.
  • A preferential bias; partiality; discrimination.
  • Preferans, a card game, principally played in Eastern Europe.
  • Verb

    (preferenc)
  • (US) To give preferential treatment to; to give a preference to.
  • See also

    * preferences ----

    choicely

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • With care in choosing; with attention to preference.
  • A band of men collected choicely , from each county some. — Shakespeare.
  • In a preferable or excellent manner; eminently.
  • Choicely good. — Walton.
    (Webster 1913)