comparatively
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3.8
- adverb
- /kəmˈpɛrətɪvli/
:
relativamente
- There is comparatively little reference in the papers to testing and contact tracing.
- comparatively low
- comparatively small
- comparatively high
So and then men are increasingly struggling in education comparatively to women.
- So and then men are increasingly struggling in education comparatively to women.
- So she's like she's she's still comparatively young.
- But as, as the safety studies show, this is a comparatively safe process when it's done according to protocol.
- For somebody who ended up becoming so influential, it's unfortunate he died a very young man, you know, comparatively speaking, right?
- Before that, it's just like, look at me comparatively.
- At what point did you realize that you were good comparatively?
- So Thursday we will look at Chicago comparatively.
- When did Lewis publish the Space trilogy and the Narnia Chronicles comparatively?
Examples
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For all its influence in American law enforcement, the FBI was a comparatively small organization.
Fiction book (1996) -
You make it sound comparatively simple.
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Even the air was comparatively clean back then.
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So far it's been comparatively rare.
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Of course, we were comparatively welcome.
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This is a definite breakthrough for our security forces... and, as I would say, this is a comparatively stable situation here in this state.
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The marketization of an economy may appear to be comparatively simple, but in fact is politically very complicated.
Academic text (1991) -
Partnership between government, communities, health care professionals, and researchers has been the hallmark of the comparatively successful Australian response.
Academic text (2013) -
Having an old-fashioned name might have bothered Sweetie, but it made it comparatively easy to track her down.
Fiction book (1995) -
Even the air was comparatively clean back then.
Synonyms
726
3.7
To some degree when compared with something else
How Comparative
330
3.9
129
4.9
144
3.4
31
3.8
895
1.0
816
2.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
comparatively = comparative (transparent) = compare + ative + ly
Forming an adverb by adding the productive suffix '-ly' to an adjective is a regular and transparent process.
Etymology
Comparatively comes from compare, which is about putting two things side by side to see how they differ or are alike, like a 'pair'. So comparatively means 'in relation to' something else, and you use it to say one thing is more or less when you compare.