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COMPARATIVELY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a relative manner; by comparison to something else

Example:

the situation is relatively calm now

Synonyms:

comparatively; relatively

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

comparative (estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete)

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 Context examples: 

Of comparatively little physical weight or density.

(Light, NCI Thesaurus)

But the pencil-like structure is comparatively narrow, only 7,000 light-years wide.

(Hubble Sees Plunging Galaxy Losing Its Gas, NASA)

It is a huge and comparatively cool red supergiant star in the late stages of its life, on the way to becoming a supernova.

(Best Ever Image of a Star’s Surface and Atmosphere, ESO)

Astronomers first spotted bright star clusters in both Sharpless 2-54 and the Eagle Nebula, later identifying the vast, comparatively faint gas clouds swaddling the clusters.

(VST Captures Three-In-One, ESO)

With such a dearth of heavy elements, astronomers predict that the LMC should contain a comparatively paltry amount of complex carbon-based molecules.

(Stellar Embryos in Nearby Dwarf Galaxy Contain Surprisingly Complex Organic Molecules, National Radio Astronomy Observatory)

But with this, neither the author nor the public have any other concern than as some observation is necessary upon those parts of the work which thirteen years have made comparatively obsolete.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

I will tell her all that is necessary to what may comparatively be called, your justification.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

"Yes, yes, to the inn," repeated Captain Wentworth, comparatively collected, and eager to be doing something.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Julia's elopement could affect her comparatively but little; she was amazed and shocked; but it could not occupy her, could not dwell on her mind.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

If all took place that might take place among the circle of her friends, Hartfield must be comparatively deserted; and she left to cheer her father with the spirits only of ruined happiness.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)