Synonyms for relatively


Grammar : Adv
Spell : rel-uh-tiv-lee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛl ə tɪv li


Définition of relatively

Origin :
  • "in relation to something else," 1560s, from relative (adj.) + -ly (2).
  • adv in or by comparison
Example sentences :
  • The men are taller than the average, and the women, relatively, taller than the men.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 » by Various
  • First the great multitude of the weak must go, then the only relatively strong.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • In reality, these are only relatively cases of acquired inversion.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • It meant that though labor was relatively plentiful, much of it was unskilled.
  • Extract from : « The Fabric of Civilization » by Anonymous
  • Do not you know that relatively to the same standard all things are at once beautiful and good?
  • Extract from : « The Memorabilia » by Xenophon
  • And the beautiful: can we speak of a thing as beautiful in any other way than relatively?
  • Extract from : « The Memorabilia » by Xenophon
  • Suppose, further, that you were rather small and relatively defenseless.
  • Extract from : « See? » by Edward G. Robles
  • The shelves were relatively untouched and he had a wide choice of tinned goods.
  • Extract from : « Small World » by William F. Nolan
  • These "lymphocytoses" occur, in comparison with other leucocytoses, relatively seldom.
  • Extract from : « Histology of the Blood » by Paul Ehrlich
  • It was right, relatively to 1851, to say that he was a seed of a cabbage.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort

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