OPTIONALLY

optionally

(adverb) in an optional manner; “this rule is applied optionally”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

optionally (comparative more optionally, superlative most optionally)

In an optional manner. Not mandatorily.

Synonyms

• facultatively

Antonyms

• mandatorily

Source: Wiktionary


Op"tion*al*ly, adv.

Definition: In an optional manner.

OPTIONAL

Op"tion*al, a.

Definition: Involving an option; depending on the exercise of an option; left to one's discretion or choice; not compulsory; as, optional studies; it is optional with you to go or stay.

– n.

Definition: See Elective, n. If to the former the movement was not optional, it was the same that the latter chose when it was optional. Palfrey. Original writs are either optional or peremptory. Blackstone.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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