comparatively

English

Etymology

From comparative +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəmˈpæɹ.ə.tɪvli/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kəmˈpæɹ.ə.tɪvli/

• Audio (US, Mary–marry–merry merger):

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• Hyphenation: com‧par‧a‧tive‧ly

Adverb

comparatively (comparative more comparatively, superlative most comparatively)

1. In a comparative manner.
   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     And yet I suppose that my life has been, comparatively speaking, a happy one.

2. When compared to other entities.
   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     Never did I see a more dreary and depressing scene. Miles on miles of quagmire, varied only by bright green strips of comparatively solid ground[.]

Translations

in a comparative manner

• Catalan: comparativament (ca)
• Dutch: relatief (nl), betrekkelijk (nl)
• Galician: comparativamente
• German: vergleichsweise (de), verhältnismäßig (de)
• Italian: relativamente (it)
• Portuguese: comparativamente (pt)
• Russian: сравни́тельно (ru) (sravnítelʹno)
• Spanish: comparativamente (es)

when compared to other entities

• Catalan: comparativament (ca)
• Galician: comparativamente
• German: vergleichsweise (de), verhältnismäßig (de)
• Portuguese: comparativamente (pt)
• Spanish: comparativamente (es)
• Ukrainian: порі́вняно (porívnjano)

References

• “comparatively”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “comparatively”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.