subjectivelyadv.

?a1450 in C. von Nolcken Middle Eng. Transl. Rosarium Theol. (1979) 100 Many erreþ, [þingkyng] somþing for to be of godhede subiectyuely in þe ymage, and so þai..worschippeþ ymages.

1609 T. Tuke High-way to Heauen 110 He is subiectiuely iust and by inherency, but we by application & relation in him and vnto him.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 695 Hence doth arise another especiall difference betwixt a Sound and the obiects of other Senses, for these doe inhere in the sensible thinges actually and subiectiuely, both before, in, and after Sensation.

1626 J. Yates Ibis ad Cæsarem i. 26 Damnation is neither from God originally, nor in God subjectively.

1656 H. Jeanes Treat. Fulnesse of Christ 195 in Mixture Scholasticall Divinity The fulnesse in the text [Col. 1. 19] regarded him subjectively, and intrinsecally, as adjunctum receptum, dwelling, and inhering in him.

1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 276 By the Love of God we should..apprehend either that Love whereby a Man Loves God, taking the Term (God) Objectively, or that Love whereby he is belov'd of him, taking the same Term Subjectively.

1713 tr. P. Poiret Divine Œconomy VI. i. 7 Man..subjectively has in his Nature all the Properties and Attributes of the Creator.

1804 J. Young Universal Restoration 68 Considered subjectively, as the mere act of a finite being, it would appear that sin is only a finite evil. But we are to reason on the heinousness of offences, not only from the state of the subject, but likewise from that of the object of them.

1878 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 594/1 The summum bonum for man [according to Thomas Aquinas] is objectively God, subjectively the happiness to be derived from loving vision of His perfections.

1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue f. 38 He willeth them to stand subiectiuely obedient to the Loue.

1660 S. Fisher Rusticus ad Academicos sig. a3^v Christians..behaving themselves, as peaceably & subjectively, as we do, to all civil Laws in civil things.

1678 R. Barclay Apol. True Christian Divinity ii. §11. 48 The Spirit doth now lead and influence the Saints, but..only subjectively, or in a blind manner.

1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 302 First-fruits and Tithes were of the same extent subiectiuely; or if there were excesse vpon eyther side, it was in First-fruits.

a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 86 All the Propheticall blessings by Iacob..concerning his sons, are not all of one nature..either subjectively for the matter, or objectively for the Persons and their Posterity.

1675 R. Burthogge Cavsa Dei 42 Though Infernal Punishments be all of them Perpetual, and consequently Infinite protensively and in duration, yet that Intrinsically and Subjectively they are but Finite.

1697 S. Bolde Reply to Mr. Edwards's Reflect. 46 That the Enquiry..was not concerning Christian Faith considered subjectively, but objectively.

1713 tr. P. Poiret Divine Œconomy I. vi. 87 The Power which God shed forth out of himself, to make that to be actually, or if you will, materially, substantially or subjectively, which formerly was only Ideally in his Conception.

1781 J. Newton Cardiphonia I. 168 A revelation, not objectively of new truth, but subjectively of new light in us.

1796 F. A. Nitsch Gen. View Kant's Princ. conc. Man 222 To be of opinion, means, to take something for true, but from reasons that are neither subjectively nor objectively sufficient.

1803 Edinb. Rev. 1 262 Man is known to himself by consciousness. All other beings he knows only subjectively.

1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 174 An idea conceived as subsisting in an Object becomes a law; and a Law contemplated subjectively (in a mind) is an Idea.

1855 F. P. Cobbe Ess. Intuitive Morals I. 85 When our idea of the Divine Holiness is subjectively true—that is to say, when it is the very highest which our minds..can apprehend.

1865 J. H. Stirling Secret of Hegel I. 127 Kant conceived these relations [categories] subjectively, or from the point of view of our thought.

1880 E. White Certainty in Relig. Pref. 8 I have readily fallen into the popular usage [of Certainty and Certitude], which regards them as interchangeable expressions to denote subjectively the state of mind only.

1902 A. M. Fairbairn Philos. Christian Relig. i. vi. 200 Religion is, subjectively, man's consciousness of relation to suprasensible Being.

2006 D. Kolak Cognitive Sci. vii. 212 We have an access to our own consciousness that we do not have to the rest of nature... We thus learn subjectively—‘from the inside’—what colors we see, what feelings we feel, [etc.].

1826 Observ. Gram. (Leeds Gram. School) (ed. 2) 26 The genitive is used possessively, subjectively, or objectively; as domus patris, the father's house; amor patris, either the love which the father feels, that is, of which he is the subject, or the love felt for him, that is, of which he is the object.

1864 J. Manning Inq. Poss. Augment 20 The genitive of the Anglo-Saxon personal pronoun..may be used..subjectively and objectively.

1922 H. P. V. Nunn Introd. Eccl. Lat. 14 The Subjective Genitive. The Gen. is said to be used subjectively when the noun which is in the Gen. case is the name of the subject of the action denoted by the noun with which it is connected.

2004 T. B. Savage Power through Weakness (new ed.) i. ii. 74 The genitive term in 1 Corinthians 2:4..is instructive. Taken subjectively, it means ‘persuasive words directed by wisdom’.

1841 R. C. Trench Notes Parables ix. 154 The penny is very different to the different receivers—though objectively the same, is subjectively very different—it is in fact to every one exactly what he will make it.

1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 41 A work of Art may be said to be subjectively treated when it is characterized more by the peculiar æsthetic or idiosyncratic development of the artist himself.

1912 W. W. Taylor tr. W. Ostwald Outl. Gen. Chem. i. i. 4 Some people can recognise differences where others find equality... The ability to recognise small differences, is subjectively variable.

1975 Times 23 June 12 The value of Old Masters is perhaps more subjectively determined than in any other field.

2007 Church Times 19 Jan. 23/5 The final cut inevitably consists of the director's subjectively selected shots.