Definitions
in a relative manner; by comparison to something else
Word origin
From comparative + -ly.
Used in a sentence
“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[.]”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“By contrast”13 letters
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