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[ rel-uh-tiv-lee ] / ˈrɛl ə tɪv li / SEE SYNONYMS FOR relatively ON THESAURUS.COM
adverbin a relative manner: a relatively small difference. Archaic. - with reference (usually followed by to).
- in proportion (usually followed by to).
Origin of relativelyFirst recorded in 1555–65; relative + -ly Words nearby relativelyrelative deprivation, relative frequency, relative humidity, relative impediment, relative leukocytosis, relatively, relatively prime numbers, relative major, relative majority, relative minor, relative molecular mass Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for relativelyThe email appears to have been a relatively common attempt to gain personal information from a wide range of unwitting victims. Was Sony Hit With a Second Hack?|Shane Harris|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST Prices are relatively inexpensive and come in at around 135 euros for a shirt or 35 euros for hand woven boxers. The Photographer Who Gave Up Manhattan for Marrakech|Liza Foreman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST The first thing they told us was that the traffickers are now using Turkish ports, which are relatively easy to reach from Syria. Ghost Ships of the Mediterranean|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST And there are other stories DuVernay could have told and still met her (relatively) modest budget of $20 million. Dr. King Goes to Hollywood: The Flawed History of ‘Selma’|Gary May|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Even a relatively small 250-pound bomb could kill or injure friendly troops who are within 650 feet of the explosion. New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Fire Its Gun Until 2019|Dave Majumdar|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST It has conscripted a portion, a relatively small portion, of the men of the Nation. Right Above Race|Otto Hermann Kahn The very weight of accumulating strata may either have aided or actually caused the sinking of the long, relatively narrow trough. Geology|William J. Miller In this locality the original rock is a peridotite, relatively low in nickel, which has been altered to serpentine. The Economic Aspect of Geology|C. K. Leith The point of stimulation and region of response are thus at the relatively great distance of 40 mm. Life Movements in Plants|Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose Indeed, he realised that she had, during the last few days, held a relatively small place in his thoughts. Parlous Times|David Dwight Wells
British Dictionary definitions for relatively
adverbin comparison or relation to something else; not absolutely Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to relativelyrather, comparatively, approximately, almost, nearly, somewhat, comparably, proportionately |