# subjectively

/sʌbdʒˈɛktɪvli/ (UK) · CEFR C1 · Adverb

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/subjectively
Updated: 2026-10-15

## Definition

in a way that depends on your own feelings or opinions, not on facts.

For teachers: based on personal perspective, feeling, or interpretation rather than verifiable fact. Often set against 'objectively' to mark a judgment as personal rather than neutral.

## Examples

- People judge food subjectively based on personal taste.
- The judges score performances subjectively, so personal taste affects the final results.
- Historians warn that memoirs describe events subjectively, shaped as much by memory and motive as by what actually happened.

## Synonyms

personally

## Antonyms

objectively

## Usage notes

- Typically modifies a verb, adjective, or whole clause; often placed before the element it qualifies.

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