relatively
Use relatively when you want to make a statement about something compared to something else. After a zero degree day, 30 degrees might feel relatively warm.
This adverb has to do with how things stack up next to each other. Relatively speaking, you could say you're tall if you're around very short people, even if you're just five five. Fat free ice cream is relatively healthy compared to other desserts, but it's still ice cream. If you've been sick for a week and you feel relatively better, you're feeling just a little better. This word only makes sense when you're comparing one thing to another.
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in a relative manner; by comparison to something else“the situation is relatively calm now”synonyms: comparatively
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In May of 1940, Nazi Germany launched a massive attack and swiftly conquered most of Western Europe. Britain suddenly found itself alone, facing a possible invasion by the powerful German military. On June 18th British Prime Minister Winston Churchill warned his nation of the dangers ahead and promised that, "if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.'"
This vocabulary list features words with the common suffix that turns adjectives into adverbs.
Who was William Shakespeare? The British Library offers some glimpses and guesses into "Shakespeare's Life" in an informational text. Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 6 Unit 4's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: Shakespeare dumbed down, Shakespeare's Life, Reading Shakespeare's Language, The Southpaw, A Book of Nonsense, The Millionaire Miser, Oranges; Jabberwocky; Fireflies, The Taming of the Shrew