Comparatively

//kəmˈpæɹ.ə.tɪvli// adv

adv ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a comparative manner.

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

  2. 2
    When compared to other entities.

    "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[.]"

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a relative manner; by comparison to something else wordnet

Synonyms

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after a fashionappositelyappreciablyat any rateat bestat least

Example

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"American senior citizens are comparatively well-off."

Etymology

From comparative + -ly.

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