relatively

[ rel-uh-tiv-lee ]

/ ˈrɛl ə tɪv li /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR relatively ON THESAURUS.COM

adverb

in a relative manner: a relatively small difference.

Archaic.

with reference (usually followed by to).
in proportion (usually followed by to).

QUIZZES

Can You Ace This Quiz About “Compliment” vs. “Complement”?

Take this quiz to see if you really know the difference between “compliment” and “complement"!

Question 1 of 11

“Compliment” and “complement” had a shared meaning a long time ago, but today they are no longer interchangeable.

True

False

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of relatively

First recorded in 1555–65; relative + -ly

Words nearby relatively

relative specificity, relative temperature scale, relative to, relative topology, relative wind, relatively, relatively prime numbers, relativeness, relativism, relativist, relativistic

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for relatively

The email appears to have been a relatively common attempt to gain personal information from a wide range of unwitting victims.
Was Sony Hit With a Second Hack?|Shane Harris|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Prices are relatively inexpensive and come in at around 135 euros for a shirt or 35 euros for hand woven boxers.
The Photographer Who Gave Up Manhattan for Marrakech|Liza Foreman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The first thing they told us was that the traffickers are now using Turkish ports, which are relatively easy to reach from Syria.
Ghost Ships of the Mediterranean|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And there are other stories DuVernay could have told and still met her (relatively) modest budget of $20 million.
Dr. King Goes to Hollywood: The Flawed History of ‘Selma’|Gary May|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Even a relatively small 250-pound bomb could kill or injure friendly troops who are within 650 feet of the explosion.
New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Fire Its Gun Until 2019|Dave Majumdar|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It has conscripted a portion, a relatively small portion, of the men of the Nation.
Right Above Race|Otto Hermann Kahn
The very weight of accumulating strata may either have aided or actually caused the sinking of the long, relatively narrow trough.
Geology|William J. Miller
In this locality the original rock is a peridotite, relatively low in nickel, which has been altered to serpentine.
The Economic Aspect of Geology|C. K. Leith
The point of stimulation and region of response are thus at the relatively great distance of 40 mm.
Life Movements in Plants|Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose
Indeed, he realised that she had, during the last few days, held a relatively small place in his thoughts.
Parlous Times|David Dwight Wells

British Dictionary definitions for relatively

relatively

/ (ˈrɛlətɪvlɪ) /

adverb

in comparison or relation to something else; not absolutely

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

relatively

adverb

QUIZZES

Origin of relatively

Words nearby relatively

Words related to relatively

Example sentences from the Web for relatively

British Dictionary definitions for relatively

adverb