Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an objective manner; as an outward or external thing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In the manner or state of an object.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb in an
objective way
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb with objectivity
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Examples
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So yes, I watch myself on film as much as possible because the learning curve just objectively is through the roof.
Superman/Batman: Interview With John C. McGinley (Metallo) » DVDs Worth Watching 2009
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If you look at Sarah Palin objectively, you see a very popular and effective Governor of Alaska.
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Secondly, the corporate media continue to rely, and indeed promote, the so-called maverick image of John McCain that, objectively, is simply an old coat that no longer fits.
McCain Huddles With Marshall Team - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Nor does any count of positive/negative stories, unless you are willing to make unfounded a priori claims about the underlying events (i.e., that Obama and McCain "objectively warranted" equally positive coverage). kth
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I submit the world of reasoned inquiry has a very similar relation to the world I call objectively real.
A Modern Utopia Herbert George 2006
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Right-wing nuts far and wide – and I mean that term objectively as anyone looking forward to Biblical Rapture is bat-shit insane – were salivating for today.
Think Progress » Neoconservatives Predict The Apocalypse Starts Tomorrow 2006
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It is the journalists job to explain objectively the views of both sides.
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Looking at that first term objectively, we can see that John and Mary really did have a relatively easy time.
Have We No Rights? A frank discussion of the "rights" of missionaries Mabel Williamson
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I submit the world of reasoned inquiry has a very similar relation to the world I call objectively real.
A Modern Utopia 1906
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He was on her mind, he was even in a manner on her hands -- as a distinct thing, that is, from being, where he had always been, merely deep in her heart and in her life; too deep down, as it were, to be disengaged, contrasted or opposed, in short objectively presented.
The Golden Bowl — Complete Henry James 1879
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