1. Relating to or based on or involving comparison
   "comparative linguistics" 
2. Estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete
   - relative

1. The comparative form of an adjective or adverb
   "'faster' is the comparative of the adjective 'fast'"; "'less famous' is the comparative degree of the adjective 'famous'"; "'more surely' is the comparative of the adverb 'surely'"
   - comparative degree

Derived forms: comparatives

See also: comparatively, compare, comparison, relational

Type of: adjective, adverb

Encyclopedia: Comparative

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