Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a subjective manner; in relation to the subject; as existing in a subject or mind.

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  • adverb In a subjective manner.

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  • adverb in a subjective way

Etymologies

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subjective +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Bible as flowing subjectively from the inner light of its writers, not from the revelation of the Holy Ghost from without.

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • Point ten took a while to pin down -- or up -- subjectively, that is.

    Timegod's World Modesitt, L. E. 1992

  • + The totality of these various elements, forming its total good subjectively, that is, its entire being in a state of normal perfection according to its mind, is its good complete.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

  • Now, it might not be "subjectively" torture in your opinion, but you do not get to be the arbiter of "objective" truth.

    Hillary "Troubled" By Mukasey On Torture, But Won't Rule Out Supporting Him 2009

  • a matter of fact, they are not to be distinguished objectively from other acres now; they are to be distinguished only subjectively, that is, as one thinks of what is grown year by year in the schools, to which their proceeds, if not their products, are given.

    The French in the Heart of America John Finley 1901

  • I saddle their mild memory a bit "subjectively" perhaps with the burden of that character -- making out that they were interesting really in spite of themselves and as unwittingly as M. Jourdain expressed himself in prose; owing their wild savour as they did to that New England stamp which we took to be strong upon them and no other exhibition of which we had yet enjoyed.

    A Small Boy and Others Henry James 1879

  • If we represented every thing subjectively which is subjective, we could do it only by using the most awkward and tedious circumlocutions.

    The Vicarious Sacrifice, Grounded in Principles of Universal Obligation. 1802-1876 1871

  • I'm still growing my SACD collection and have picky ears, but I was 'subjectively' impressed with the audio on the David Gilmour "Live at the Royal Albert Hall" blu-ray.

    Home Theater Forum 2009

  • First, Carens argues that the overwhelmingly important issue is the amount of time an undocumented immigrant has spent in the United States, and he warns against "subjectively" weighing other mitigating factors like family and community connections in the United States.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2009

  • First, Carens argues that the overwhelmingly important issue is the amount of time an undocumented immigrant has spent in the United States, and he warns against "subjectively" weighing other mitigating factors like family and community connections in the United States.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed Boston Review Marc R. Rosenblum 2009

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