comparatively

Definition

In a comparative manner.

Etymology

From comparative + -ly.

Example Sentences

• "And yet I suppose that my life has been, comparatively speaking, a happy one."
• "Railway grouping had caused some peculiarly Scottish phraseology to disappear, though the note "Stops on timous notice to the guard" survived until comparatively recently."
• "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[.]"