OPTIONALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does optionally mean? 

• OPTIONALLY (adverb)
  The adverb OPTIONALLY has 1 sense:

1. in an optional manner

  Familiarity information: OPTIONALLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPTIONALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an optional manner

Context example:

this rule is applied optionally

Antonym:

obligatorily (in an obligatory manner)

Pertainym:

optional (possible but not necessary; left to personal choice)

 Context examples 

An action, exposed through a Grid Service's interface, which requests some service-side processing to occur, optionally taking one or more inputs, and under normal processing, optionally returning one or more outputs.

(Grid Service Operation, NCI Thesaurus)

Applied once daily to the upper eyelid margin at the base of the eyelashes and, optionally, to the eyebrows, bimatoprost penetrates into the hair follicle and may, through a mechanism that has yet to be fully understood, stimulate the transition of hair follicles from the telogen phase into the anagen phase and may increase the duration of the time follicles spend in anagen.

(Bimatoprost Ophthalmic Solution, NCI Thesaurus)