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Discover LudwigThe phrase "was relative" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is generally used in the sense that something was of lesser importance in comparison to another. For example: "The impact of the natural disaster was relative; the real devastation was felt in less populated cities."
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was relative
noun
Someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption.
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The simplicity was relative.
But speed, he noted, was relative.
But if their poverty was relative, the squalor was genuine.
There was relative calm that night in Kiev, a year ago this weekend.
Still, there was relative calm on Bathurst from the bombing, last December, until May.
Having heard a few, I'd say that their lightness was relative.
For a change, there was relative quiet today as the post-Ramadan feast began.
The greyhound was once her problem child, but everything was relative.
Suddenly I realized that my fall was relative; there was no bottom and no end.
It has become personal, pitching the two religions against each other where once there was relative calm.
When Cook started playing ODI cricket he was able to thrive but it was relative to the period.
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