Comparatively

/kəmˈpæɹ.ə.tɪvli/ · adverb

Meaning

In a comparative manner..

Definitions by Sense

1. In a comparative manner.
2. When compared to other entities.

Example Sentences

And yet I suppose that my life has been, comparatively speaking, a happy one.

Railway grouping had caused some peculiarly Scottish phraseology to disappear, though the note "Stops on timous notice to the guard" survived until comparatively recently.

Never did I see a more dreary and depressing scene. Miles on miles of quagmire, varied only by bright green strips of comparatively solid ground[.]

In freewayless areas like the Northwest, traffic jams are comparatively fewer – encouraged by the lack of a highway, more people have been riding buses.

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Word Forms

• more comparatively
• most comparatively

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