comparatively

From comparative +‎ -ly.

• (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

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[.]

• “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.