objectively

adverb

ob·​jec·​tive·​ly əb-ˈjek-tiv-lē 

äb-

: in an objective rather than subjective or biased way : with a basis in observable facts rather than feelings or opinions

The author does not attempt to seek scapegoats but rather artfully and objectively articulates one of the ills in America's cities and communities, an ill which has inevitably resulted in the racial polarization of our country.

—Lois Mark Stalvey

They are tasked with the responsibility to vet all alternatives and objectively present their findings to the public.

—Robert F. Walsh

Justice Antonin Scalia explained in his opinion for a unanimous Court that past cases never held that an officer's motive invalidates objectively justifiable conduct under the Fourth Amendment.

—Tracey Maclin

Any good politician learns not to go around predicting outcomes that are objectively unlikely …

—Nicholas Lemann

Examples of objectively in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The numbers were objectively in our favor, yet failed to reassure me. —Clare Beams, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2024

Early this year the Education Department shared what appeared to be objectively good news. —Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024

Analyze the situation objectively, gather all necessary information and communicate transparently with your team. —Expert Panel®, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024

One of the advances is a method of objectively measuring the inability to visualize. —Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024

While Nikki doesn’t align with every moniker of pro-liberty ideas, her record, and her rhetoric, is objectively more fiscally conservative, more pro-Constitution, and more a fan of limited government than Trump ever was. —Joshua Reed Eakle, Orange County Register, 27 Mar. 2024

Unless somebody has an allergy, milk is not objectively bad for you. —Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2024

In this new study, Yoo and colleagues aimed to find out how mood was affected by specific activities — rather than just general interaction with a dog — by both objectively measuring brain activity and asking participants about their subjective emotions. —Kristen Rogers, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024

What we’re left with instead is an organizing of the metaphysical illusions that have haunted the minds of the characters, in the same way that a dream makes cogent and organized something that is not, objectively speaking, resolution, finality, or truth. —Nathan Jeffers, Hazlitt, 28 Feb. 2024

Word History

Etymology

objective entry 1 + -ly entry 2

First Known Use

circa 1617, in the meaning defined above