relatively
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3.7
- adverb
- /ˈrɛlətɪvli/
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relativamente
- Costs to students are relatively low, running from $5 an hour to $20 a day.
- relatively small
- relatively little
- relatively low
You have to prepare it with relatively wide strokes.
- You have to prepare it with relatively wide strokes.
- They want to have, you know, relatively little muscle fat.
- Why go after a possibly relatively useful illusion?
- We still have a relatively small middle class in Russia.
- Well, I'm a relatively new convert to breath work.
- So it's Steam just relatively speaking, devoid of content.
- I, I was, I was still relatively successful.
- I still feel that he is relatively sheltered from the wider world.
- All right, let's get through tech news relatively quickly.
- It's it's, it's, it's big, it's a relatively small market.
- And so, I mean, I'm, I'm relatively new to this.
Examples
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Seems relatively minor compared to everything else he's doing.
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But the tech is still in a relatively early state.
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But on the scale of things, those are relatively small.
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We just have children who are relatively well adjusted.
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Well, I'm a relatively new convert to breath work.
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OK, now that we are relatively safe, let's open this outlet.
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Why does the solar wind have fast streams and relatively slow streams?
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It's a wonderful, relatively obscure Victorian novel.
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Qualitative data from various program staff indicated that regardless of level, schools faced relatively few implementation challenges.
Academic text (2011) -
The prices in this store are relatively lower compared to others in the area.
Synonyms
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4.4
When you compare it with other things, you see how important it is
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3.8
To a degree when compared with other things
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4.8
In a way that matches something else
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3.8
In a similar way or degree to something else
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word relatively comes from relative and relation, words about being 'connected' to something—like a family relative is connected to you. So relatively means you describe or judge something 'in relation to' something else, or by comparison.