objectively

[uhb-jek-tiv-lee]

adverb

1. in a way that is not influenced by personal feelings or prejudices.

   An outsider can consider the dispute more objectively than people who are directly involved.

2. in a way that can be known, measured, or proven.

   A new method is being developed to objectively analyze how climate change is affecting ocean surface temperatures.

Other Word Forms

• quasi-objectively adverb
• semiobjectively adverb
• unobjectively adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of objectively¹

First recorded in 1590–1600, for an earlier sense; objective ( def. ) + -ly ( def. )

Example Sentences

The individual afflicted feels guilt, shame and anger, but ultimately, and perhaps more important, feels — and is — objectively helpless to do anything about it.

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Although Slot focuses mainly on the sloppy passing and dispossessions in midfield, it is objectively true that Liverpool committed many bodies to their attack.

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You mentioned how the onus should be on Republicans, who, of course, control both houses and the executive branch and have, I think, objectively speaking, ceded much of their authority to the president.

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The poster’s copy, “Natasha Lyonne is Mama Poot,” is such a silly, objectively hilarious line of text that it’s already racking up swaths of likes just by people repeating it verbatim online.

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From an outsider’s perspective, however, one person representing the visual may be difficult to grasp since all of the members of a K-pop group these days tend to be objectively attractive.

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