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relatively

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rel·a·tive·ly  (rl-tv-l)
adv.
In a relative manner; in comparison with something else: a relatively minor problem. See Usage Note at perfect.
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Adv.1.relatively - in a relative manner; by comparison to something else; "the situation is relatively calm now"

relatively
adverb comparatively, rather, somewhat, to some extent, in or by comparison
Translations
Spanish relatively [ˈrɛlətɪvlɪ] adv (= fairly, rather) → relativamente
French relatively [ˈrɛlətɪvlɪ] relative advrelativement
German relatively [ˈrɛlətɪvlɪ] relative advrelativ
Italian relatively [ˈrɛlətɪvlɪ] advrelativamente (= fairly, rather); abbastanza

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Erskine, having escaped by her marriage from the vile caste in which she was relatively poor and artificially unhappy and ill-conditioned, is now, as the pretty wife of an art-critic, relatively rich, as well as pleasant, active, and in sound health.
The English, Turkish, Japanese, Hindu laws, are as familiar to me as the French laws, and thus I was right, when I said to you, that relatively (you know that everything is relative, sir) -- that relatively to what I have done, you have very little to do; but that relatively to all I have learned, you have yet a great deal to learn.
He might, perhaps, reckon on the arrival of trains at the designated hours, in Europe, where the distances were relatively moderate; but when he calculated upon crossing India in three days, and the United States in seven, could he rely beyond misgiving upon accomplishing his task?
 
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