Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
relatively
adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
relatively cheap
▪ The equipment is
relatively cheap and simple to use.
relatively painless
▪ The interview was
relatively painless.
relatively speaking
▪ Relatively speaking, property there is still cheap.
relatively/fairly/quite simple
▪ The rules are quite simple.
relatively/quite/fairly straightforward
▪ Installing the program is relatively straightforward.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
cheap
▪ However, the very fact that they are mass-produced and
relatively
cheap means that they are too frequently seen.
▪ So is obtaining a
relatively
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▪ Local newspapers are widely read and
relatively
cheap to advertise in.
▪ We're talking
relatively
cheap mega-acres of land and the use of mass-production techniques.
▪ Microlights have at last achieved what they set out to be: a largely reliable and
relatively
cheap way to fly.
▪ It's
relatively
cheap and currently much is wasted by flare-off at extraction.
▪ Due to its small size and high fecundity it is
relatively
cheap to breed, buy and maintain.
▪ As yet the land is still
relatively
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easy
▪ Rocky terrain with
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easy access is the shore to look for.
▪ Such networks are
relatively
easy to construct because they require fewer nodes and interconnects than other networks.
▪ It is, however,
relatively
easy to create conditions under which people will teach themselves.
▪ Within this range, it is
relatively
easy to achieve off-line training, convergence, and modification.
▪ The good news is that technical solutions are at hand, and the incentives to implement them are
relatively
easy to devise.
▪ Termites are often
relatively
easy to spot, especially in the early stages.
▪ After that, withdrawal from the drug is
relatively
easy.
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▪ Okra is
relatively
easy to grow given sufficient space.
free
▪ If there is a
relatively
free choice of hotel site you go on looking until you find the ideal spot.
▪ Over the years, buffalo has proven
relatively
free from disease, therefore antibiotics are rarely required.
▪ Now, it seems, the Likud is back, with a
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free hand on what to do next.
▪ Otherwise, clinically it appears to be
relatively
free from side effects.
▪ The special conditions at Westminster are one part of the explanation of the
relatively
free rein given to counter-insurgency and covert activity.
▪ After this stage, the young men, who are the warriors parexcellence, are
relatively
free of obligation until mature.
▪ From the ashes there arose, by public subscription, a new Daily Citizen, responsible and
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free.
▪ The land itself is
relatively
free from trees, low, flat and well beneath sea level.
high
▪ Conclusions - Children classified as unoccupied are almost certainly living in poverty as well as experiencing
relatively
high risks of mortality.
▪ Some Democrats say it would require a
relatively
high tax rate near 20 percent to produce sufficient revenue.
▪ The real mortgage rate is currently a
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high 7 percent, implying prices 10.5 percent higher than under rationing.
▪ In general, novels of this type are well researched and exhibit a
relatively
high quality of writing.
▪ The shirt-maker gave up her job, and they both lived on the pattern-maker's
relatively
high pay.
▪ I have
relatively
high stakes in conformity - I happen to have done fairly well out of it.
▪ An extreme event was taken to be any event in a geophysical system displaying
relatively
high variance from the mean.
▪ Nitrogen mustards in suitable doses damage only cells and tissues which normally exhibit
relatively
high rates of proliferation and growth.
inexpensive
▪ Corn, sunflower and grapeseed oils are all for general cooking and are
relatively
inexpensive.
▪ Fortunately, it is possible to achieve acceptable levels of SO2 by four Simple and
relatively
inexpensive measures.
▪ These are
relatively
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▪ Even
relatively
inexpensive hand-held calculators solve most compound interest and present-value problems quickly and easily.
▪ Your hotel offers a
relatively
inexpensive fixed price menu if you wish to take advantage of this.
▪ With the cost of news
relatively
inexpensive, there is more news being presented on television now than ever before.
▪ And they are still on
relatively
inexpensive terms.
▪ On the Rebound Since caffeine is
relatively
inexpensive and widely available, the dose escalation induced by tolerance is seldom burdensome.
large
▪ At this time of the year, the goats can forage fairly freely and will cover
relatively
large areas.
▪ The
relatively
larger supply of manufactures makes their relative price lower in the larger country.
▪ Some parts like transformers may be
relatively
large or heavy or might have unusual terminals or mounting requirements. 2.
▪ The tentacle pores are
relatively
large armed with one rounded tentacle scale.
▪ Headache does not occur until an intracranial mass is
relatively
large.
▪ It will be seen on the example artwork that there are several
relatively
large areas of copper.
late
▪ Though it did not appear until
relatively
late in his life, Locke had been working on the Essay since about 1660.
▪ Unlike venereal disease, leprosy came to Western attention
relatively
late.
▪ These reflect a
relatively
late period of modest success for the town.
▪ Garner, 50, came to the subject
relatively
late in life.
▪ Considerable solution compaction between grains indicates that cementation did not take place until
relatively
late in the diagenetic history of the sediment.
▪ Sir Monty Finniston entered the industrial arena
relatively
late in life.
▪ The location of these buildings and the limited dating evidence strongly suggests that all three are
relatively
late in the morphological sequence.
▪ Their
relatively
late arrival in the quarter coupled with their costs and the narrow margins on the surprise Model 20 impacted earnings.
little
▪ Leasing schemes will allow large-scale investments to be financed at
relatively
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▪ As a result, import prices rise
relatively
little even when the dollar plunges.
▪ Oxygen had
relatively
little effect even on activated lymphocytes, which actually moved faster without air.
▪ Because black mom-and-pop stores ordered and sold
relatively
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▪ This expansion is funded by governments who have
relatively
little capital.
▪ Several changes in the control unit were made in the 1960s but the technology remained expensive and had
relatively
little diffusion.
▪ Why is it that presidents come and go and yet accomplish so
relatively
little?
▪ One problem with setting the neck so deep into the body is that
relatively
little space is left for pickup separation.
long
▪ Ear infections are most likely to occur in breeds with
relatively
long and heavy ears, such as spaniels.
▪ Prussia, like Britain, had a
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long period of effective, legitimate government before the introduction of democratic institutions.
▪ Tumours contain a
relatively high water content and therefore have a relatively
long T1 and T2 compared with normal soft tissue.
▪ Impact of investment decisions on science and technology takes a
relatively
long time to show up.
▪ The majority had therefore experienced secure employment for
relatively
long periods of time.
▪ Neural networks used for robotics and control applications have been around for a
relatively
long time.
▪ Barat et Haimet is one of the robber's tales,
relatively
long and preserved in four large manuscript collections of fabliaux.
▪ She explained that the
relatively
long gaps between outbreaks immediately after 1800 were because of logging operations.
low
▪ Some warehouses have one crane in each aisle whilst others with
relatively
low rates of throughput depend upon crane transfer mechanisms.
▪ The only explanation for this
relatively
low price is that West must have signed a large number of photographs in her day.
▪ Because of the
relatively
low cost of such boards, the faulty one would just be dumped.
▪ I had wanted to cross a
relatively
low pass at the western end of the range.
▪ They have a
relatively
low shrinkage when they are dry.
▪ But because of
relatively
low efficiency, it was superseded by the internal combustion engine at the beginning of the century.
▪ In the summer of 1986, the legacy of Westland and local-government losses led to a
relatively
low point for the government.
minor
▪ It would be a
relatively
minor piece of work and could avoid accidents and even save lives.
▪ Much of the controversy centers on two
relatively
minor farm programs: peanuts and sugar.
▪ May I take issue with one
relatively
minor but important point?
▪ Thus far, only two
relatively
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▪ Although the majority of sporting injuries are
relatively
minor, a substantial number are more serious.
▪ Most of the charges in both jurisdictions were
relatively
minor.
modest
▪ However, the falls were
relatively
modest and, in the case of the Crown Court at least, were soon reversed.
▪ Even a
relatively
modest addition to the liberal framework, universal health coverage, remains elusive.
▪ But the dividend income is
relatively
modest, and coming from abroad they are not a tax-efficient source of income.
▪ In 1996, Pryce spent a
relatively
modest $ 384, 780, and raised about $ 522, 000.
▪ No such joy for Sion Mills and Donemana - both teams lost in spite of being asked to chase
relatively
modest totals.
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▪ Shop sales grew again in May, but the upturn was
relatively
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▪ Since employment growth was
relatively
modest, the mass of means of production per worker more than doubled over the period.
▪ He goes on to support this with an appeal to the testator's intention, but it is a
relatively
modest one.
narrow
▪ Moreover, the range of earnings within agriculture is
relatively
narrow.
▪ In contrast, governments that put steering and rowing within the same organization limit themselves to
relatively
narrow strategies.
▪ The final variant on provision for cyclists occurs in areas where streets are
relatively
narrow and pass predominantly through housing districts.
▪ Hence, many projects benefit a
relatively
narrow group of people and impose costs on all taxpayers.
▪ We are best served by being very good in a
relatively
narrow field.
▪ Effective training is best delivered within a
relatively
narrow time frame.
▪ Far from being randomly distributed, nearly all seismic activity is concentrated in
relatively
narrow zones.
▪ So far, debate has been left to a
relatively
narrow group of specialists.
new
▪ Intensive indoor rearing of livestock is
relatively
new and people are only just beginning to realise what it means for the animals.
▪ This was a
relatively
new point of view.
▪ The Golden Nugget U. This
relatively
new species shows just how colourful the hypostomus family can be.
▪ The sweeter, more nutritious,
relatively
new varieties of ruby grapefruit made for fine eating at home.
▪ Video is a
relatively
new medium for in-house communications and is used by some companies to great effect.
▪ But the
relatively
new drug nelfinavir may pose a challenge.
▪ Yet this emphasis is
relatively
new.
painless
▪ The sores are usually
relatively
painless, and this procedure, like the urethral investigation, need give no cause for alarm.
▪ To be honest, it was
relatively
painless.
▪ Although a few had had quick and
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painless births, many had found it a very painful experience.
▪ Dinner itself was a
relatively
painless affair.
poor
▪ And some airlines are more affected by flying short hops and in areas where weather is
relatively
poor.
▪ The Office of Government Commerce was set up last April to draw a line under this
relatively
poor performance.
▪ On their own they are
relatively
poor cleaning agents.
▪ Before 800AD, bones dug up in the Ohio valley are
relatively
poor in the heavier form of carbon.
▪ But for many deaf children this route to reading is restricted because their knowledge of speech sounds is
relatively
poor.
▪ Its headquarters are in a small town in north-west Bosnia, a
relatively
poor region.
▪ Reggie Miller scored 20 points, but it was a
relatively
poor outing for him considering his history against the Hornets.
rare
▪ Much of this ambiguity arises through
relatively
rare usages of the words.
▪ Although television and newspaper reports about malformed children abound, it is reassuring to appreciate that abnormalities are
relatively
rare.
▪ Fortunately, full-blown flu epidemics are
relatively
rare.
▪ But, given that penguins are
relatively
rare birds, that turned out to be prohibitively expensive.
▪ Others find things are worse but this is
relatively
rare.
▪ Pech-Merle also contains some of the
relatively
rare engravings of human female forms.
▪ Nevertheless, the expulsion of a bishop was a
relatively
rare phenomenon.
recent
▪ The concept of clients' involvement and taking their views into account in service provision is still
relatively
recent.
▪ That has been so, at least, until
relatively
recent times.
▪ The Open Directory is a
relatively
recent project, that's compiled by about 25,000 volumes.
▪ This experiment is still
relatively
recent, and must therefore, be judged with caution.
▪ The concept of aggression, however, is of
relatively
recent origin.
▪ Indeed, the notion that all students should engage in serious academic work and learn it deeply is a
relatively
recent phenomenon.
▪ Karpov played a
relatively
recent refinement of white's play on the seventh move.
▪ In any event it seems likely that language is a
relatively
recent development in the human species.
safe
▪ Security advisers are confident the prince will be
relatively
safe from hostile forces.
▪ In spite of the adverse effects, the benzodiazepines are
relatively
safe drugs.
▪ Monasteries and nunneries were
relatively
safe from attack until the Dissolution and would have no need for elaborate and impractical tunnels.
▪ We then take him on to a
relatively
safe highway.
▪ A small monetary union here would be
relatively
safe, under almost any conceivable scenario.
▪ Women gained access to
relatively
safe abortion, and thus gained control over their own fertility.
▪ Mr Stringer now appears
relatively
safe, but he could have been the victim of his own success.
▪ Where parking is off-street the streets seem
relatively
safe, but where it is not there are obvious dangers.
short
▪ Schools Specialised buildings for the education of children have a
relatively
short history in Britain.
▪ Organisms such as these are useful in the lab because of their simplicity and
relatively
short growth periods.
▪ Far more hoards have survived from both these
relatively
short periods than from the immediately preceding or succeeding periods.
▪ In a
relatively
short season of television, Ellen demonstrated what in real life often takes a lifetime.
▪ Uneven allocation will thus lead to some subjects having
relatively
short notation at the expense of others with relatively long notation.
▪ While early constitutions tended to be
relatively
short and general, many recent constitutions are quite detailed.
▪ On the whole, though,
relatively
short sentences offer the advantage of helping you to keep your writing clear and understandable.
▪ Meadows' career in acting would prove
relatively
short, however.
simple
▪ Recruitment and selection is therefore a series of logical and
relatively
simple steps.
▪ This scheme often works because users tend to choose
relatively
simple or familiar words as passwords.
▪ However, this
relatively
simple and straight forward view has, for a variety of reasons, been rejected by many sociologists.
▪ Couples with no need to itemize deductions can use the 1040A, another
relatively
simple form.
▪ The Qizilchoqa graves are
relatively
simple in their construction.
▪ It is a
relatively
simple matter to translate the structural possibilities of this model into ideal types of heroic action.
▪ The algorithms required for most data processing are
relatively
simple.
▪ Although we are all aware of
relatively
simple security measures such as password controls, doing a thorough job requires experience and expertise.
small
▪ However they caution that the
relatively
small numbers of students in both studies makes it difficult to draw any firm generalisable conclusions.
▪ That is, what can be realistically added is
relatively
small, in the range of ten or fifteen percent.
▪ There are few more cost-effective ways to invest
relatively
small sums of money than reinstating the support funding for tourism.
▪ Most of us really want to preserve a
relatively
small amount of data.
▪ Evaporation is a
relatively
small loss in this country and may be taken as 0.05 inches per day.
▪ A number of reports about
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small incidents could add up to a pattern of abuse that called for action.
▪ The world's
relatively
small wealthy population is probably getting too large for it.
▪ We have used glass block, and it was expensive to have even a
relatively
small window made.
stable
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▪ However, the prices of rugs from each individual weaving group remain
relatively
stable in relation to those of others.
▪ It is to be deceived by a
relatively
stable evolutionary strategy, to mistake the means for the end.
▪ The Cartier market has previously been
relatively
stable at auction.
▪ The existence of rules that ensure that complex and
relatively
stable structures emerge in the universe suggests an intelligent rule-giver.
▪ Thus the
relatively
stable East Midlands Platform has not undergone post-Permian vertical movements of some 2500 m indicated by the vitrinite data.
▪ Larger companies in the industry acquired smaller companies, while the overall market demand for propane remained
relatively
stable.
▪ Between 1982/83 and 1984/85 the level of taxation remained
relatively
stable.
unscathed
▪ The government was
relatively
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▪ I breezed through college
relatively
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▪ The forefoot showed excessive wear while the heel remained
relatively
unscathed.
▪ The Dow Jones Industrial Average remained
relatively
unscathed during the last six months, attracting more positive money flow.
▪ Most significant for Ipswich, though, is that they seem to have come out of their winter blip
relatively
unscathed.
▪ Much has been made of the fact that San Francisco emerged
relatively
unscathed from Loma Prieta.
▪ Byrne dragged Stephen's body to a
relatively
unscathed section while Hunt went in search of help.
weak
▪ Such a state of affairs provides the seller with a unique opportunity to exploit the
relatively
weak bargaining position of the investor.
▪ Sometimes the child who is
relatively
weaker in visual-spatial abilities may be stronger in the auditory-verbal processing area.
▪ Hot, hydrothermally altered ground and
relatively
weak fumaroles, but no active hot springs, are found on these volcanoes.
▪ Norris has a
relatively
weak chin but more experience than Trinidad, which could give Whitaker some trouble.
▪ However the study shows that the degree quality of the AEs is
relatively
weak.
▪ With a child who is
relatively
weaker visually you can emphasize play that builds these skills.
▪ Performance was
relatively
weaker with small scale acoustic recital and chamber material where a certain hardness sometimes intruded.
▪ Like many children who are
relatively
weak in these skills, the elementary school years were hard for Louisa.
young
▪ It is
relatively
young, with a probable age of no more than a few million years.
▪ And why, after all that, did she have to die so
relatively
young?
▪ None had the craggy furrows of old tree bark, so these were
relatively
young and in their prime.
▪ Audio is a
relatively
young industry.
▪ We would like to recruit secretaries who are
relatively
young and who might possibly, but not necessarily, be ordained.
▪ While the city is
relatively
young, age alone provides insufficient explanation.
▪ The parliamentary party was thus a
relatively
young group of men, with the most privileged also the youngest.
▪ She had no judicial experience and was
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young, a liberal and a woman.
■ VERB
remain
▪ The forefoot showed excessive wear while the heel
remained
relatively unscathed.
▪ The Dow Jones Industrial Average
remained
relatively unscathed during the last six months, attracting more positive money flow.
▪ There have been no problems in staffing the committees and the membership has
remained
relatively static.
▪ Demand is projected to
remain
relatively flat.
▪ Access data is only useful when records
remain
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▪ As compared to other business upswings, real wages during this growth period have
remained
relatively stagnant.
▪ Between 1982/83 and 1984/85 the level of taxation
remained
relatively stable.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ It's a
relatively inexpensive restaurant.
▪ The phone has been
relatively quiet today.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He predicted marketing would be hardest hit, while research would be
relatively spared.
▪ However, even
relatively rhythmic and non-contact activities may be associated with substantial injury risks.
▪ More important, however, is the occasional presence of an initial
relatively symptom free period, which can mislead the clinician.
▪ Okra is
relatively easy to grow given sufficient space.
▪ Termites are often
relatively easy to spot, especially in the early stages.
▪ The
relatively recent outbreak of street violence and protests largely reflect the frustration of young people unable to find jobs.
▪ The effect of this shift was a highly synchronized but
relatively mild recession.
▪ These
relatively complex communicative demands establish the conditions in which simple gestures, such as pointing, are particularly useful.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Relatively \Rel"a*tive*ly\, adv. In a relative manner; in relation or respect to something else; not absolutely.
Consider the absolute affections of any being as it is in itself, before you consider it relatively.
--I. Watts.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
relatively
adv. Proportionally, in relation to some larger scale thing.
WordNet
relatively
adv. in a relative manner; by comparison to something else; "the situation is relatively calm now" [syn: Patriots England New Jersey Championship]
Wikipedia
Relatively
Usage examples of "relatively".
After a few years that archival section is going to begin filling up with some great actionable concepts, worked out in relatively valid detail.
As the process of hydrolysis proceeds, the amyloins become gradually poorer in amylin and relatively richer in maltose-groups.
Instead, it accepted their presence and eventually was relatively relaxed as first Baken, then Vetch handled it.
His arm already had been swabbed with iodine, sewn up and bandaged and in a sling and he was thanking his luck that his wound was relatively superficial.
Though the crowds were great and the Baptist had a new, young follower, he remained relatively inaccessible these days.
It has a seemingly simple and limited behavioural repertoire, including various forms of learning, while its relatively easily mapped central nervous system contains only a small number of cells - no more than 20,000 neurons in all, arranged in a system of distributed ganglia and including amongst them a population of very large cells which can be recognized easily and reproducibly from animal to animal.
In this situation, it had been relatively easy for Snudge to slip away from his fellow-retainers, perform his clandestine duties, and bespeak his findings directly to Lord Stergos, who would pass the information on to the High King.
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The coolant stopped being heated by the fuel and arrived at the steam generators relatively cool at 465 degrees.
Usually, the girls and women aboard such vessels were relatively innocent, filled with wide-eyed eagerness, products of a crimeless planet.
September 27 Throne Speech, only eight relatively insignificant items were passed into law and only two pieces of important legislation - a bill to establish a National Economic Development Board and a measure to allay the impact of automation - ever reached the debating stage.
All night-prowling animals have widely dilatable pupils, and in addition to this they have in the retina a special organ called the tapetum lucidum, the function of which is to reflect to a focus in front of them the relatively few rays of light that enter the widely-dilated pupil and thus enable them the better to see their way.
This was the Dingle, after all, a wild and relatively remote place with its own ways.
Dealing with aliens seemed relatively straightforward compared with dealing with missing illegal immigrants, dodgy restaurant owners, learning to drive surrounded by a mob of delinquents and appearing in a jinxed dramatic production.