relatively
adverb
rel·a·tive·ly
ˈre-lə-tiv-lē 
Synonyms
Examples of relatively in a Sentence
these newly acquired in-laws felt relatively comfortable at our family reunion
Recent Examples on the Web
According to the Wall Street Journal, HashiCorp had a market cap of $4.9 billion, making the deal relatively small for IBM and its $170 billion market cap.
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Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2024
And fortunately, because of the nature of Change’s business, direct impacts to patient care appear to have been limited and resolved relatively quickly.
—Erika Fry, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024
By reserving the earnings of those relatively modest endowments only for students pursuing a handful of underserved specialties, other medical schools have an opportunity to affect the physician workforce crisis more directly than Einstein College of Medicine will.
—Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Matthew Guido, STAT, 22 Apr. 2024
Prior to Columbine, school shootings and attacks were a relatively unknown occurrence.
—Donald J. Mihalek, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2024
This, along with many immigrants’ relatively low education levels, is why 44% of new immigrants have no education beyond high school, up from 29% before COVID.
—Steven Camarota, The Mercury News, 20 Apr. 2024
The best crib for your baby should be durable but have fairly intuitive instructions that result in relatively frustration-free assembly.
—Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 19 Apr. 2024
There’s no denying the relatively young congressman is testing the waters for a future White House bid of his own.
—USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
For the past half hour, the crew navigated the hulking vessel through relatively calm waters and lined it up to pass perfectly under the main truss of the steel bridge, softly lit in the early morning darkness.
—USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2024
And fortunately, because of the nature of Change’s business, direct impacts to patient care appear to have been limited and resolved relatively quickly.
—Erika Fry, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024
By reserving the earnings of those relatively modest endowments only for students pursuing a handful of underserved specialties, other medical schools have an opportunity to affect the physician workforce crisis more directly than Einstein College of Medicine will.
—Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Matthew Guido, STAT, 22 Apr. 2024
Prior to Columbine, school shootings and attacks were a relatively unknown occurrence.
—Donald J. Mihalek, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2024
This, along with many immigrants’ relatively low education levels, is why 44% of new immigrants have no education beyond high school, up from 29% before COVID.
—Steven Camarota, The Mercury News, 20 Apr. 2024
The best crib for your baby should be durable but have fairly intuitive instructions that result in relatively frustration-free assembly.
—Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 19 Apr. 2024
There’s no denying the relatively young congressman is testing the waters for a future White House bid of his own.
—USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
For the past half hour, the crew navigated the hulking vessel through relatively calm waters and lined it up to pass perfectly under the main truss of the steel bridge, softly lit in the early morning darkness.
—USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
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“Relatively.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/relatively. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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