BY CHOICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does by choice mean? 

• BY CHOICE (adverb)
  The adverb BY CHOICE has 1 sense:

1. with intention; in an intentional manner

  Familiarity information: BY CHOICE used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BY CHOICE (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With intention; in an intentional manner

Synonyms:

advisedly; by choice; by design; deliberately; designedly; intentionally; on purpose; purposely

Context example:

I did this by choice

 Context examples 

An action that is not made by choice.

(Involuntary, NCI Dictionary)

Surgery that may be scheduled or undertaken by choice.

(Elective Surgical Procedure, NCI Thesaurus)

Even if we were as lax as we are, in all our arrangements, by choice—which we are not—even if we liked it, and found it agreeable to be so—which we don't—I am persuaded we should have no right to go on in this way.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

In the body, involuntary actions (such as blushing) occur automatically, and cannot be controlled by choice.

(Involuntary, NCI Dictionary)