comparatively adjective
com·par·a·tive
The adjective form of comparatively is comparative
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- adjective comparatively of or relating to comparison. 1
- adjective comparatively proceeding by, founded on, or using comparison as a method of study: comparative anatomy. 1
- adjective comparatively estimated by comparison; not positive or absolute; relative: a comparative newcomer in politics; to live in comparative luxury. 1
- adjective comparatively Grammar. being, noting, or pertaining to the intermediate degree of the comparison of adjectives, as better and more beautiful, the comparative forms of good and beautiful, and of adverbs, as nearer and more carefully, the comparative forms of near and carefully. Compare positive (def 21), superlative (def 2). 1