Sentence examples for Relatively from inspiring English sources

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Relatively

adverb

Proportionally, in relation to some larger scale thing.

  • He measured his success relatively, that is, competitively.

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Nazarbayev permitted a relatively high degree of political activity until the emergence of a reform movement called Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan, backed by several wealthy business people, in late 2001.

A Labour source said that, given teenagers have a "tremendous vested interest in whether or not we stay in the EU or leave", there could be a strong appetite for amending the EU referendum bill in the Lords, even if Labour and the SNP fail to recruit the relatively small number of Tory rebels they would need to defeat the government in the Commons.

Amid criticisms that £10m to £20m was relatively small figure on which to make such a major policy announcement – the NHS budget is more than £100bn a year – the health secretary disputed the No 10 claim.

Flights extra While the situation in East Timor is relatively calm compared with recent periods of political strife, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office still advises against "all but essential travel" to the region.

Take two relatively recent scandals of agents the forces of law and order were running within two main paramilitary force as evidence of this.

Neil reckons that the tense, topsy-turvy nature of their semi-final could give them an edge over Middlesbrough, whose victory over Brentford was relatively straight-forward.

At 48, Balls is still relatively young and now has to decide what to do with the rest of his career.

This shows how adaptable public services have been so far, and, the fact that, in historic terms, that when retrenchment began they were relatively fully funded.

These figures should come as no surprise; people from Indian backgrounds have in general terms had success in Britain, with high educational outcomes, low unemployment and relatively high average incomes.

"You may go looking for anime on mainstream television," he said, "but anime's profile on mainstream UK television has always been relatively low – a few late-night screenings on Channel 4 and the occasional prime-time airing on Sci Fi".

I have on file cases of Britons recently imprisoned for crimes as relatively mild as abusive tweeting, poll-rigging, Boat Race obstructing, cathedral desecrating, job-application falsifying, expenses fiddling, urinatingon a war memorial, speeding-point switching, licence fee non-paying, and googling in court.

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