relativelyadverb
uk/ˈrel.ə.tɪv.li/us/ˈrel.ə.t̬ɪv.li/relatively good, bad, etc.
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- These people are living on relatively low incomes.
- It is relatively easy for newcomers to pick off the most lucrative business and ignore the rest.
- These beautiful old towns have remained relatively untouched by tourism.
- The third candidate for the party leadership is a relatively unknown quantity.
- The country's great influence in the world is disproportionate to its relatively small size.
B2 quite good, bad, etc. in comparison with other similar things or with what you expect:
He's a relatively good squash player.
There was relatively little violence.
relatively speaking
said when you are judging one thing in comparison with other things:
Relatively speaking, it's a fairly poor country.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Comparing and contrasting
- against
- analogy
- antithesis
- as against idiom
- balance
- balance sth against sth
- benchmark
- compare
- comparison
- competitive
- contrast
- contrastive
- gold standard
- perspective
- relative
- set
- simile
- stack up
- vis-à-vis
- work-life balance
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