Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)In a relative manner; with reference to environment or competition; contextually or comparatively.

    relativ, verhältnismäßig

    относи́тельноotnosítelʹno, сравни́тельноsravnítelʹno

    відно́сноvidnósno

    in a relative manner; by comparison to something else

  2. (not comparable, proscribed, sometimes)Somewhat; fairly.

Examples

249 sentences
  1. I live in a relatively safe neighborhood.

    Я живу у відносно безпечному районі. — oromashka

    ruЯ живу в относительно безопасном районе. — Wezel

  2. Tom speaks relatively fast.

    Том розмовляє відносно швидко. — deniko

    deTom spricht verhältnismäßig schnell. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Tom speaks relatively quickly.

    Том розмовляє відносно швидко. — deniko

  4. Those were relatively easy to find.

  5. We've been relatively lucky so far.

    deWir hatten bislang relativ viel Glück. — Waldelfe

Translations

7 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • in a relative manner; by comparison to something else:comparatively

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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