- by choice
- adverbwith intention; in an intentional manner-
he used that word intentionally
-I did this by choice
• Syn:• Ant: ↑accidentally (for: ↑deliberately), ↑unintentionally (for: ↑intentionally)• Derived from adjective: ↑deliberate (for: ↑deliberately), ↑intentional (for: ↑intentionally)* * *
phrasal or for choice: by preferenceAustrian by birth and French by choice — A.E.Wier
in the evening sat for choice without a light — H.W.Glover
also : most usuallyhired outlaws for choice to skin and drive and cook for him on the buffalo range — W.S.Campbell
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by choice phraseif you do something by choice, you do it because you want to and not because you have toShe repeated that she was very comfortable and lived here by choice.
Thesaurus: free and independentsynonymMain entry: choice* * *
of one's own volition* * *
by choice (also out of choice)◇ If you do something by choice or out of choice, you choose to do it.I live here by choice. [=I live here because I want to]
No one forced them to do it. They acted out of choice.
• • •Main Entry: ↑choice* * *
by ˈchoice idiombecause you have chosen•
I wouldn't go there by choice.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.