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RELATIVELY

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:

relative (estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete)

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 Context examples: 

A WHO grade I, relatively circumscribed, slowly growing, often cystic astrocytoma occurring in children and young adults.

(Pilocytic Astrocytoma, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)

It is a relatively uncommon tumor, which may occur at any age from infancy.

(Pilomatricoma, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Pineocytoma generally has a relatively favorable prognosis.

(Pineocytoma, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)

It has a relatively favorable clinical outcome, compared to diffuse malignant mesothelioma.

(Peritoneal Well Differentiated Papillary Mesothelioma, NCI Thesaurus)

A WHO grade I, indolent and relatively circumscribed brain tumor.

(Papillary Glioneuronal Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of relatively uniform malignant cells which form acinar patterns.

(Pancreatic Acinar Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A cystic adenocarcinoma characterized by the presence of relatively uniform neoplastic cells which produce pancreatic enzymes and are arranged in acinar patterns.

(Pancreatic Acinar Cell Cystadenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

But the amount of tau tangles, another hallmark of the disease, and the one more correlated with how thinking and memory are affected, was relatively low.

(Unique case of disease resistance reveals possible Alzheimer’s treatment, National Institutes of Health)

In children, astrocytomas of the cerebellum represent relatively common benign brain neoplasms.

(Benign Brain Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

In contrast, Antarctic temperatures have remained relatively stable over the past two decades, although year-to-year and decade-to-decade variation in temperatures have increased.

(Warming at the poles will have global consequences, National Science Foundation)