"relatively" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv.li/, [ˈɹɛl.ə.tʰɪv.li] [Canada, US] (note: enunciated), [ˈɹɛl.ə.ɾɪv.li] [Canada, US] (note: flapped) Audio: En-US relatively.ogg , En-US relatively (flapped).ogg
Etymology: From relative + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|relative|ly}} relative + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} relatively (not comparable)
  1. In a relative manner; with reference to environment or competition; contextually or comparatively. Tags: not-comparable Translations (proportionally): نِسْبِيّاً (nisbiyyan) (Arabic), nisbətən (Azerbaijani), অপেক্ষাকৃত (ôpekkhakritô) (Bengali), относително (otnositelno) (Bulgarian), сравнително (sravnitelno) (Bulgarian), relativament (Catalan), 比較 /比较 (bǐjiào) (Chinese Mandarin), poměrně (Czech), relativně (Czech), relativt (Danish), forholdsvis (Danish), relatief (Dutch), suhteellisesti (Finnish), suhteellisen (Finnish), relativamente (Galician), relativ (German), verhältnismäßig (German), σχετικά (schetiká) (Greek), अपेक्षाकृत (apekṣākŕt) (Hindi), viszonylag (Hungarian), aránylag (Hungarian), relativamente (Italian), 比較的に (hikakuteki-ni) (alt: ひかくてきに) (Japanese), relātīvē [Late-Latin] (Latin), relativt (Norwegian Bokmål), relativt (Norwegian Nynorsk), stosunkowo (Polish), odnośnie (Polish), relativamente (Portuguese), în mod relativ (Romanian), относи́тельно (otnosítelʹno) (Russian), сравни́тельно (sravnítelʹno) (Russian), relativamente (Spanish), relativt (Swedish), proportionellt (Swedish), förhållandevis (Swedish), mahigit-kumulang (Tagalog), відно́сно (vidnósno) (Ukrainian), نسبتاً (nisbatan) (Urdu)
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  2. (sometimes proscribed) Somewhat; fairly. Tags: not-comparable, proscribed, sometimes
    Sense id: en-relatively-en-adv-UXZ5xUJm Categories (other): English hedges Disambiguation of English hedges: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: relative [US] Derived forms: relatively prime

Alternative forms

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          "text": "[T]he Sundanese [...] have better preserved their primitive usages than the other inhabitants of the island. They are as a rule taller, more robust, and healthier; but they are regarded as relatively barbarous, and in the company of Malays or Javanese, they are themselves ashamed of their dialect, which is looked on as a sort of rude patois.",
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          "text": "Some organs may grow faster than the rest of the body so that their size increases not only in absolute terms, but also relatively to the rest of the body, which is positive allometry; […]",
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    "Terms with Bengali translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hindi translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Urdu translations"
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    {
      "word": "relatively prime"
    }
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        {
          "ref": "1802 March 30, Fisher Ames, “Balance of Europe”, in Works of Fisher Ames. Compiled by a number of his friends. To which are prefixed, Notices of his life and character., Boston: T. B. Wait & Co., published 1809, →OCLC, page 257:",
          "text": "In the present position of Europe, it is obvious, that France domineers. She has gained positively, by adding territory to her dominions [...]; she has gained relatively, by removing Austria to a distance, and by weakening that ancient rival to such a degree, as to secure her inaction for an age.",
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          "ref": "1890, [Jacques] Élisée Reclus, “Java”, in A. H. Keane, editor, Oceanica (The Earth and Its Inhabitants; 14), New York: D. Appleton and Company, Inhabitants:",
          "text": "[T]he Sundanese [...] have better preserved their primitive usages than the other inhabitants of the island. They are as a rule taller, more robust, and healthier; but they are regarded as relatively barbarous, and in the company of Malays or Javanese, they are themselves ashamed of their dialect, which is looked on as a sort of rude patois.",
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        {
          "ref": "1983 May 5, Paul Harvey, Tim Clutton-Brock, “The Survival of the Theory”, in New Scientist, volume 98, number 1356, London: New Science Publications, →ISSN, page 313:",
          "text": "Some organs may grow faster than the rest of the body so that their size increases not only in absolute terms, but also relatively to the rest of the body, which is positive allometry; […]",
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        {
          "ref": "2005 January 30, “Honda VTX1800F”, in Cycle World, volume 44, number 1, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Additionally, the F never lets you forget it's one big and very heavy motorcycle. The wide bars give you the leverage to bend it into a corner relatively quickly, but you feel its mass resisting. […] On the freeway, the seat–relatively thin to keep ride height down–offers a pleasant site for your rear through a tank of gas.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Somewhat; fairly."
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          "Somewhat",
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        "(sometimes proscribed) Somewhat; fairly."
      ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv.li/"
    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈɹɛl.ə.tʰɪv.li]",
      "note": "enunciated",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US"
      ]
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      "ipa": "[ˈɹɛl.ə.ɾɪv.li]",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "nisbiyyan",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "نِسْبِيّاً"
    },
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "nisbətən"
    },
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      "code": "bn",
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      "roman": "ôpekkhakritô",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "অপেক্ষাকৃত"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "otnositelno",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "относително"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sravnitelno",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "сравнително"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "relativament"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǐjiào",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "比較 /比较"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "poměrně"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "relativně"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "relativt"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "forholdsvis"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "proportionally",
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "note": "relative",
      "sense": "proportionally"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "suhteellisesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "suhteellisen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "note": "relativement",
      "sense": "proportionally"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "relativamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "relativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "verhältnismäßig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "schetiká",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "σχετικά"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "apekṣākŕt",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "अपेक्षाकृत"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "viszonylag"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "aránylag"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "relativamente"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひかくてきに",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hikakuteki-ni",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "比較的に"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "relātīvē"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "relativt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "relativt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "stosunkowo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "odnośnie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "relativamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "în mod relativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otnosítelʹno",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "относи́тельно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sravnítelʹno",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "сравни́тельно"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "relativamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "relativt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "proportionellt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "förhållandevis"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "note": "relatively",
      "sense": "proportionally"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "mahigit-kumulang"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidnósno",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "відно́сно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "nisbatan",
      "sense": "proportionally",
      "word": "نسبتاً"
    }
  ],
  "word": "relatively"
}

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