Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913 Perspectively /(pẽr*spĕk"tĭv*ly̆)/ · Per·spec·tive·ly · IPA 01 adv. Optically; as through a glass. 1. Optically; as through a glass.[R.] “You see them perspectively.” — Shak. 2. According to the rules of perspective.