comparatively
/kəmˈpæɹ.ə.tɪvli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a comparative manner.
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[.]"
- "In freewayless areas like the Northwest, traffic jams are comparatively fewer – encouraged by the lack of a highway, more people have been riding buses."
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin comparātīvusbor. Old French comparatifbor. Middle English comparatif English comparative Middle English -ly English -ly English comparatively From comparative + -ly.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kəmˈpæɹ.ə.tɪvli/
- British English: /kəmˈpæɹ.ə.tɪvli/
Inflected Forms
more comparatively (comparative)
most comparatively (superlative)