as in pretty
to some degree or extent
these newly acquired in-laws felt relatively comfortable at our family reunion
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Recent Examples of relatively
Although the 174,000 difference between the two numbers is relatively tiny, from a sociopolitical standpoint one shows growth while the other shows shrinkage.
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Dan Walters, Oc Register, 5 Feb. 2026
With its relatively expensive food and shop, the Super Bowl fan experience was not an affordable experience.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
updated February 5, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Hiring, quits and layoff rates held relatively steady.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
Had training standards slipped, pushing relatively inexperienced ski patrollers into dangerous situations?
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
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Dan Walters, Oc Register, 5 Feb. 2026
With its relatively expensive food and shop, the Super Bowl fan experience was not an affordable experience.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
updated February 5, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Hiring, quits and layoff rates held relatively steady.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
Had training standards slipped, pushing relatively inexperienced ski patrollers into dangerous situations?
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for relatively
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relatively
Adverb
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Feltner’s routine was pretty simple.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
12 Feb. 2026
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Alex and Ashley In the pods, Ashley and Alex fell in love with each other pretty much without conflict.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The answer, quite straightforwardly, is no.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Feb. 2026
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The Oscar-winning British filmmaker crafts a sumptuous bad romance that’s quite haughty, darkly hilarious and ultimately heartfelt.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Zurek’s key idea about how this transition occurs, called decoherence, is fairly well established.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
13 Feb. 2026
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Cooligan is a home-school student but his transition to high school competition was fairly seamless.—
Steve Gorches,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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For another, this drubbing, unlike many previous ones, was triggered not by fears of a bubble but rather concern that AI is on the verge of supplanting the business models of a wide swathe of companies that doomsayers have long predicted were at risk.—
Brody Ford,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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According to this idea, although these objects may look like supersize red stars, their shine is powered not by standard stellar thermonuclear fusion but rather by the relentless funneling of burning-hot plasma into the insatiable maw of a snowballing black hole.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Maye’s numbers improved somewhat in the second half but not nearly enough to prevent the Seahawks from claiming a 29-13 victory.—
Chuck Schilken,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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To craft the Super Bowl campaign, Anthropic worked with the indie British ad agency Mother, which has somewhat ironically positioned itself as a deeply human creative agency in the age of AI.—
Julia Black,
Vanity Fair,
8 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Mad enough to take to the streets and do something about it?—
Omar L. Gallaga,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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And the Toronto Maple Leafs have been closer to the bottom than the top, but aren’t going to get close enough.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Relatively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relatively. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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