Definition: 1. In a relative manner; by comparison to something else.
Use 'comparatively' in a sentence:
1. Prices hold comparatively firm.
2. that conveys to them extraordinary longevity, comparatively speaking.
3. The unit is comparatively easy to install and cheap to operate.
4. Until comparatively recently, dyslexia remained largely unrecognised.
5. It's one of comparatively few cases alleging war crimes against Serbs.
6. The Norwegians live in a comparatively cold zone.
7. Many stronger earthquakes have done comparatively little damage.
8. She was then still comparatively unknown.
9. He was comparatively calm and concentrated in judging how to defeat his opponent.
10. But most of this is probably used in remembering visual impressions, and other comparatively wasteful ways.
11. The comparatively mild effects of the northern California earthquake in 1989 are good evidence that we do have the technology to prevent vast destruction.
12. The minister grew comparatively calm.
13. But even this comparatively simple method and its theory demanded an attitude of doctor to patient very different from the suggestion method.
14. Our planet Earth is comparatively small, with only about 24,902miles around the equator.
15. A Yes. I mean comparatively.
16. Comparatively, Star Wars: The Force Awakens took$ 125.4m during its entire box office run in China.
17. One of the reasons why the appointment came as such a surprise, however, is that Gilbert is comparatively little known.
18. A very beautiful and affordable city for tourists, comparatively less touristy then other capital cities in Europe.
19. There has been a lot of discussion over Apple's decline in recent months, and comparatively less about Google's corresponding rise.
20. There are comparatively fewer of bonds.
21. The players have comparatively long periods of inactivity.
22. With the faster growth of both hard and soft tissues of nose and chin, the lips become comparatively retrusive.
23. In the first place, television is not only a convenient source of entertainment, but also a comparatively cheap one.
24. Taipei escaped comparatively lightly.
25. to these warm, but comparatively sterile, waters of the Pacific.
26. Comparatively, AIX offers fewer options.
27. She has been comparatively successful in maintaining her privacy.
28. The stockmarket is a comparatively attractive savings destination.
29. Tin is a comparatively easy metal to smelt.
30. Although the proportion of new cars in Donia's capital city has always been comparatively high, nitrogen dioxide emissions there have shown only an insignificant decline since 1993.
31. The life of the troops was still comparatively austere.
32. Soon, Americans would need to spend "comparatively little time earning a living".
33. It is a comparatively good method of repairing nasal alar skin defect.
34. Pneumatic conveying requires comparatively high gas velocities.
35. On the other hand, a comparatively warm body with a small surface gravity, like Earth's moon, is unable to hold even the heaviest gas and thus lacks an atmosphere.
36. He died comparatively young.
37. That sort of carton is comparatively light.
38. Some people will be surprised, even dismayed, that comparatively modest climate changes are already doing measurable damage.
39. Unlike visible light waves, these radio waves can get through the various gases and dusts in space, and through our own earth's atmosphere comparatively easily.
40. The situation was still comparatively calm there, he reported.
41. To use myself as an example, I tended to be comparatively slow in my advanced undergraduate mathematics classes.
42. She was already sure that he must be Peter, but it did seem a comparatively short name.
43. VENOMOUS mammals are comparatively rare.
44. Mispronunciation of this word is comparatively rare.
45. Chinese Seals Seal cutting, though based on Chinese calligraphy, is a comparatively independent traditional art form.
46. The report also found that the employment rate of college graduates has remained comparatively stable despite the slowing economy.
47. Comparatively speaking, I like chaste poetry better.
48. The past few days have seemed comparatively flat and empty.
49. Cars are a comparatively rare sight;
50. His intelligence is comparatively favourable with that of his brother.
51. A: Yes. I mean comparatively.
52. Comparatively speaking, I think that the value of the columns concerning health and culture far outweighs that of the entertainment.
53. In my house, books are comparatively the valuables.
54. As you know, Furniture Rossi is an Australian company, still comparatively small compared to some of the high street stores, but it's got plans to expand into foreign markets.
55. However, since methanol-fueled vehicles could be designed to be much more efficient than "gasoline clone" vehicles fueled with methanol, they would need comparatively less fuel.
56. Lack of angel capital investors are also blamed for the comparatively small number of start-ups.
57. The EEG device is comparatively cheap and portable.
58. Yes. I mean comparatively.
59. Because the flippers are comparatively thin and blade-like, they are the one part of the leatherback that is likely to become chilled.
60. China is the world's biggest market for new car sales, but the market for used cars is still comparatively small.
61. I was no longer an inert mass, and I had, comparatively speaking, great freedom of movement.
