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perspectively

perspectively

1 7.3
In a way that considers something from one person's view
  • adverb
  • /pərˈspɛktɪvli/
: desde una perspectiva
  • Viewing the issue perspectively allowed the team to consider all opinions before making a decision.

Examples

  • When planning the project, we approached it perspectively, taking into account various stakeholders' views.

  • M4 Each monad has a situs from which it perceives the world perspectively. (Monadology, section 57)

    Academic text (1998)

  • The artist studied the landscape perspectively to create a sense of depth in her painting.

Synonyms

through the lens of
vsperspectively
12 6.0

Looking at something from a certain point of view

is identical in meaning but expressed as a single adverbial word

How Subjective

subjectively
8 6.0
perspectively
1 7.3
impartially
5 4.8
objectively
58 4.5

Surface Forms

perspectively positive

Morphology

perspectively = perspective (transparent) = perspective + ly

Formed by the regular suffixation of '-ly' to 'perspective', yielding 'in a way that relates to a particular point of view'.

Etymology

Perspectively comes from perspective, made of the parts per- 'through' and spect 'to look', the same root as in inspect and spectator. So to think or speak perspectively is to 'look through' a particular point of view, meaning you consider a specific angle or position.