re·la·tion·al 
(rĭ-lāshə-nəl)
(rĭ-lāshə-nəl)adj.
1. Of or arising from kinship.
2. Indicating or constituting relation.
3. Grammar Of, relating to, or being a word or particle, such as a conjunction or preposition, that expresses a syntactic relation between elements in a phrase or sentence.
re·lation·al·ly adv.