facultatively
/ˈfækəlˌteɪtɪvli/
adverb
- In a way that is optional or not required.
- The assignment can be completed facultatively, so you may choose to do it for extra credit.
- The software features are facultatively enabled by the user.
- Membership fees are facultatively paid, meaning you can decide whether to contribute.
- In biology, in a manner that allows an organism to adapt to different conditions.
- These bacteria grow facultatively in both oxygen-rich and oxygen-poor environments.
- The plant behaves facultatively as an annual or perennial depending on the climate.
- Some fungi live facultatively as saprophytes or parasites.
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