Local and Selective

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Local adjective - Of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood.

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Selective and local are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Selective" instead an adjective "Local".

Nearby Words: location, locality, locale, localize, localised

Selective adjective - Tending to select carefully.

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Local and selective are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Local" instead an adjective "Selective".

He became racked with guilt over his knowledge of the journals' secrets and created a device that erases selective memories, and quickly began to overuse it to the point where he lost most of his memories and sanity, turning him into "local kook" Old Man McGucket.

Source: Walking Spoiler
On the other hand, Encyclopedia's the good guy, so as smart as it might be to be selective about his assignments, it would make the detective agency (and possibly even the local police force, since his father's the police chief) look bad if he were to ignore a call for help.

Source: Literature / Encyclopedia Brown
Renowned Selective Mentor: Addressed in Cold Fire when the local celebrity cook-mage tests Jory before agreeing to train her, being accustomed to dumb kids trying to get her attention but who can't actually do magic or handle her workload.

Source: Literature / Circle of Magic

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