RELATIVELY in a Sentence

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I well knew that if any other had communicated such a relation to me, I should have looked upon it as the ravings of insanity.

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 Meanings and Examples of RELATIVELY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
relatively
 ad.  in a relative manner; by comparison to something else
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but his father and sister at first persuaded her against it.
Metamorphosis By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In II
2  He also felt relatively comfortable.
Metamorphosis By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In III
3  He felt well and confident, he had failed to go into work at the bank this morning but that could easily be excused because of the relatively high position he held there.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter One Arrest - Conversation with Mrs. Grubach - The...
4  On the contrary, in fact, I think I can say even more than her because I'm relatively impartial.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Four Miss Bürstner's Friend
5  She would be free forever from the shifts, the expedients, the humiliations of the relatively poor.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 4
6  In consequence of this relatively advanced position, Yeobright might have been called unfortunate.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 2 The New Course Causes Disappointment
7  I well knew that if any other had communicated such a relation to me, I should have looked upon it as the ravings of insanity.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
8  I am an unfortunate and deserted creature, I look around and I have no relation or friend upon earth.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
9  It was carelessly at first, like a man chiefly accustomed to look inward, and to whom external matters are of little value and import, unless they bear relation to something within his mind.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In III. THE RECOGNITION
10  Mine was the first wrong, when I betrayed thy budding youth into a false and unnatural relation with my decay.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE INTERVIEW
11  But, it must now be said, another portion of the community had latterly begun to take its own view of the relation betwixt Mr. Dimmesdale and the mysterious old physician.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE LEECH
12  In other words, Mr. Dimmesdale, whose sensibility of nerve often produced the effect of spiritual intuition, would become vaguely aware that something inimical to his peace had thrust itself into relation with him.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In X. THE LEECH AND HIS PATIENT
13  When we last spake together," said Hester, "now seven years ago, it was your pleasure to extort a promise of secrecy as touching the former relation betwixt yourself and me.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIV. HESTER AND THE PHYSICIAN
14  His subject, it appeared, had been the relation between the Deity and the communities of mankind, with a special reference to the New England which they were here planting in the wilderness.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXIII. THE REVELATION OF THE SCARLET LETTER
15  It was the offer of a small house, on very easy terms, belonging to a relation of her own, a gentleman of consequence and property in Devonshire.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  Schools in the north tend to be better equipped, while those in the south are relatively poor.
17  A huge nutcracker is thus being deployed to crack a relatively small administrative problem.
18  Vaccines are available but are costly and only offer relatively short-term protection so the animals need regular booster vaccinations.
19  In the last year, the Australian government has introduced legislation to tighten up the relatively relaxed domestic security.
20  Richard presents a bit of a paradox, for he is a card-carrying member of both the National Rifle Association and the relatively pacifist American Civil Liberties Union.
21  In geology and earth science, a plateau is an area of highland, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain.
22  While inflation is relatively tame, which is good for consumers, real wages are falling.
23  The attack would terminate the relatively peaceful period after cold war.
24  In philosophy, systems theory and the sciences, emergence refers to the way complex systems and patterns arise out of a multiplicity of relatively simple interactions.
25  An occasional glass of wine with dinner is relatively innocuous and should have no ill effect on you.
26  Unlike the U.S. and Europe, Canada has emerged relatively unscathed from the financial crisis.
27  The view that children are born atheist is relatively recent.
28  Uruguay has often been described as the Switzerland of South America: it has a stable democracy, a relatively equitable distribution of wealth and the most generous welfare state in the region.
29  Most of the meals are relatively high in fiber and low in saturated animal fat.
30  Shares are a relatively risky asset, it's not good for common seniors holding.