comparatively

UK /kəmˈpæɹ.ə.tɪvli/ US /kəmˈpæɹ.ə.tɪvli/
adv 2

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adv

1

In a comparative manner.

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.

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[.]

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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