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# relatively

«relatively» in Mova's school dictionary: **Quite, fairly, when compared with others: «a relatively…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (relatively)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Quite, fairly, when compared with others: «a relatively small school». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relatively/#m1)

2) relatively speaking Compared with other things: «Relatively speaking, it's cheap.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relatively/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Common in science and maths explanations: «relatively large», «relatively quickly». It tells the reader the size is judged by comparison. Phrases: «relatively easy», «relatively few», «relatively speaking».

### examples

- The test was relatively easy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relatively/#x1)
- Our town is relatively quiet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relatively/#x2)
- Relatively few people came because of the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relatively/#x3)
- An ant is relatively strong for its size. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relatively/#x4)
- The new phone is relatively cheap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relatively/#x5)
- Relatively speaking, Mars is close to Earth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relatively/#x6)

### note

Adverb of «relative». Different from «relative» as a family member. In maths, «relatively» means compared with something; check what it is compared with.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «relatively» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relatively/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.