Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Selective \Se*lect"ive\, a.
   Selecting; tending to select.

         This selective providence of the Almighty. --Bp. Hall.

Source : WordNet®

selective
     adj 1: tending to select; characterized by careful choice; "an
            exceptionally quick and selective reader"- John Mason
            Brown
     2: characterized by very careful or fastidious selection; "the
        school was very selective in its admissions"