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relative

[rel-uh-tiv] / ˈrɛl ə tɪv /




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I speak of such constituents as "particulars," or as "RELATIVE particulars" when I wish to emphasize the fact that they may be themselves complex.

From The Analysis of Mind by Russell, Bertrand

He declaimed this, with some pauses: "TO MY RELATIVE, K. S. "

From The Happy Venture by Price, Edith Ballinger

My dear friend was, in this instance, the Snob RELATIVE.

From The Book of Snobs by Thackeray, William Makepeace




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