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View synonyms for relatively

relatively

[ rel-uh-tiv-lee ]

adverb

  1. in a relative manner:

    a relatively small difference.

  2. Archaic.
    1. with reference (usually followed by to ).
    2. in proportion (usually followed by to ).


relatively

/ ˈrɛlətɪvlɪ /

adverb

  1. in comparison or relation to something else; not absolutely


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Word History and Origins

Origin of relatively1

First recorded in 1555–65; relative + -ly

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Example Sentences

This is why the relatively small amount of solar energy we collected became enough to fly day and night.

The precipitation is most likely to be relatively light, but this can be deceivingly dangerous.

We also recommend keeping up with your competition to develop an edge as a small business with relatively less experience.

If you’re handed a tetrahedron, it’s relatively easy to calculate whether it has a Dehn invariant of 0 and therefore has the potential to tile space.

At about $3 each, microchips are relatively thrifty, but equipping hundreds or thousands of hives quickly turns impractical.

The email appears to have been a relatively common attempt to gain personal information from a wide range of unwitting victims.

Prices are relatively inexpensive and come in at around 135 euros for a shirt or 35 euros for hand woven boxers.

The first thing they told us was that the traffickers are now using Turkish ports, which are relatively easy to reach from Syria.

And there are other stories DuVernay could have told and still met her (relatively) modest budget of $20 million.

Even a relatively small 250-pound bomb could kill or injure friendly troops who are within 650 feet of the explosion.

Their opportunities and earnings are relatively small, and in order to live they must figure closely.

In dramatic interpretation the voice is a much more significant feature relatively than is the detail of gesture in pantomime.

The cytoplasm is relatively abundant, and contains great numbers of very fine neutrophilic granules.

The decrease affects chiefly the polymorphonuclear cells, so that the lymphocytes are relatively increased.

The penny at that time was equal to a shilling of the present day, and would, relatively, purchase as much.

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