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comparatively

[kuhm-par-uh-tiv-lee] / kəmˈpær ə tɪv li /
ADVERB
relatively
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Miles Jupp plays the comparatively hapless David Schill.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Oxygen ions produce bright emission lines when illuminated by massive stars, which makes them comparatively easy to detect.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

There is something genuinely disorienting about reading all of this in a Senate oversight letter and arriving at Taco Bell as the comparatively lucid party.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

He will start from a comparatively low base in New York with the Giants, but with their passionate fanbase and the enormous potential of Jaxson Dart lift-off could be achieved early.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Arobin was not needlessly imprudent But they ate and they drank when they regained Edna’s little dining room— which was comparatively early in the evening.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin




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