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comparatively

  • /kəmˈpæɹ.ə.tɪvli/ UK
  • /kəmˈpæɹ.ə.tɪvli/ US

adverb more comparatively · most comparatively

  1. In a comparative manner. And yet I suppose that my life has been, comparatively speaking, a happy one.
  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[.]

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Closest in meaning: relatively, comparably, comparison, relative, correspondingly, proportionally, proportionately, fairly, quite, rather, reasonably, enough, somewhat, pretty, commensurately, analogously

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adv in a comparative manner

Españolcomparativamente
Portuguêscomparativamente
Deutschvergleichsweise, verhältnismäßig
Italianorelativamente
Ελληνικάσυγκριτικά sygkritiká
Русскийсравни́тельно sravnítelʹno

adv when compared to other entities

Españolcomparativamente
Portuguêscomparativamente
Deutschvergleichsweise, verhältnismäßig
Ελληνικάσυγκριτικά sygkritiká
Русскийсравни́тельно sravnítelʹno
العربيةنِسْبِيّاً nisbiyyan

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@misc{comparatively_2026,
  title = {comparatively},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/comparatively},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}