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objectively

/əbˈdʒɛktɪvli/
/əbˈdʒɛktɪvli/
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When you do something objectively, you do it with an open mind, considering the facts rather than your personal feelings. A spelling bee judge has to make decisions objectively.

Being able to think objectively is important for many jobs — teachers shouldn't favor certain students, but ought to act objectively, and of course lawyers and judges are expected to think objectively. Chess players and historians are more successful if they think objectively as well. The adverb comes from its related adjective, objective, by way of the Medieval Latin objectum, "thing presented to the mind," combining ob-, "in the way of" with jacere, "to throw."

Definitions of objectively
  1. adverb
    with objectivity
    “we must look at the facts objectively
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    antonyms:
    subjectively
    in a subjective way
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