in respect

English

Prepositional phrase

in respect

1. (obsolete) By comparison, comparatively.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
     , vol.1, New York, 2001, p.388:

     they […] still think their melancholy to be most grievous, none so bad as they are, though it be nothing in respect […].

Derived terms

• in respect of

Anagrams

• 'prentices, inspecter, prentices, prescient, reinspect