Definition of "electively" [e•lect•ive•ly]

• In an elective manner; by choice. (adverb)

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• "The fellow can electively participate in the practice at these satellite sites on a periodic basis, as well as the primary ophthalmology clinics and surgeries on the main hospital campus."
• "So that's when we now electively repair Tetralogy of Fallot."
• "J. William Gaynor, MD: We recently looked at a series of 100 consecutive children at CHOP having elective tetralogy repair between -- at under 6 months of age, which means they had been out of the hospital, they came back electively for their operation."