subjectively

American  

[suhb-jek-tiv-lee] / səbˈdʒɛk tɪv li /

adverb

1. in a way that pertains to or is influenced by a person’s feelings, moods, opinions, prejudices, etc..

   The compilations are not intended to be representative, but were put together entirely subjectively according to our own taste.

   A system in which supervisors evaluate employees entirely subjectively is likely to increase unfair discrimination.

2. within the mind, as thoughts, feelings, or perceptions; internally.

   Time is experienced subjectively by each individual, and our perception of time and how we remember it is shaped by the context of a situation.

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Other Word Forms

• nonsubjectively
  adverb
• quasi-subjectively
  adverb
• unsubjectively
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of subjectively

subjective ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

subjectively

It suggested the "successive removal" of Marten and Gordon's children "may have reinforced their perception of harm caused by children's social care, making the concealment of Victoria feel subjectively 'rational"'.

From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026

Worth told BBC Sport that pain is experienced subjectively.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2025

Instead of a physical measurement interpreted subjectively by human eyes, the system uses a high-resolution stereo-depth camera feed of the structure into a deep-learning program called a convolutional neural network.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 30, 2024

And what I learn every day is that my audience is experiencing it subjectively.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2023

I was not satisfied with convincing myself subjectively of the facts indicated, but sought to fix them objectively, by means of a graphic method.

From Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology by Oskar Pfungst