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Definition of 'comparatively'

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comparatively in American

(kəmˈpærətɪvli ; kəmparˈətivlē)
adverb
1. 
in a comparative manner
2. 
by comparison; relatively
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Example sentences containing 'comparatively'

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To have survived at all and with comparatively so little damage. Haines, Pamela THE GOLDEN LION (1996)The Maidstone fairground was a comparatively small affair, a number of sideshows, various stalls, bingo stands, several carousels. Higgins, Jack CONFESSIONAL (1996)In the poverty to which most of the South had been reduced, they were comparatively affluent. Gaskin, Catherine THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN (1996)
This form of challenge was fast, effective, and comparatively less harmful than some of the alternatives she could have chosen. Traci Harding THE ANCIENT FUTURE: THE DARK AGE (1996)

Trends of 'comparatively'

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Translations for 'comparatively'

British English: comparatively /kəmˈpærətɪvlɪ/ ADVERB
Comparatively means compared to something else.
...a comparatively small nation.
  • American English: comparatively
  • Arabic: نِسْبِياً
  • Brazilian Portuguese: comparativamente
  • Chinese: 比较地
  • Croatian: razmjerno
  • Czech: poměrně
  • Danish: forholdsvis
  • Dutch: naar verhouding
  • European Spanish: relativamente
  • Finnish: verraten
  • French: comparativement
  • German: verhältnismäßig
  • Greek: συγκριτικά
  • Italian: relativamente
  • Japanese: 比較的
  • Korean: 비교적
  • Norwegian: forholdsvis
  • Polish: w porównaniu
  • European Portuguese: comparativamente
  • Romanian: comparativ
  • Russian: сравнительно
  • Spanish: comparativamente
  • Swedish: jämförelsevis
  • Thai: ที่เปรียบเทียบได้
  • Turkish: göreceli olarak
  • Ukrainian: порівняно
  • Vietnamese: tương đối

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Nearby words of 'comparatively'

  • comparative judgment
  • comparative literature
  • comparative psychology
  • comparatively
  • comparativist
  • comparator
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