comparatively
adv/kəmˈpæɹ.ə.tɪvli/UK/kəmˈpæɹ.ə.tɪvli/US
Etymology
From comparative + -ly.
- derived from -īvus
- derived from comparātīvus
- derived from comparatif
- inherited from comparatif
Definitions
In a comparative manner.
- 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.
When compared to other entities.
- 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[.]
- In freewayless areas like the Northwest, traffic jams are comparatively fewer – encouraged by the lack of a highway, more people have been riding buses.
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Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at comparatively. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at comparatively. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at comparatively
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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