unrelativelyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈrɛlətᵻvli/, U.S. /ˌənˈrɛlədᵻvli/ Now somewhat rare.
Not relatively (in various senses); esp. absolutely, in absolute terms.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > non-relation > [adverb]
aboard1591
inconnexedly1646
irrelatively1659
adrift1690
unrelatively1738
1738 A. Pope Let. 29 Sept. in Corr. (1956) IV. 131 Which will make many passages Clearer to you, than they can be, considerd singly, & un-relatively to others.
a1751 Visct. Bolingbroke Lett. Study Hist. (1752) I. ii. 46 They saw the measures they took singly, and unrelatively, or relatively alone to some immediate object.
1803 European Mag. & London Rev. Oct. 257/1 If some [things] only were independent, we should be dead to the qualities of such so unrelatively situated.
1875 E. Klein Anat. Lymphatic Syst. II. i. 5 The lung of guinea-pigs collapses on its removal unrelatively more than that of other animals.
1997 Canad. Jrnl. Philos. 27 167 Indeed, for Plato, only the Form-F is ‘really’, unqualifiedly, unrelatively, F.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adv.1738