ˈrelətɪvli I Adverb Large/Small/High/Low Lack Exercise Risk Factor

• relatively large/small/high/low
• lack of exercise is also a risk factor for heart disease but it's relatively small when compared with the others.
• i found the test relatively easy.
• these students had a relatively simple task.

relatively

1. to a fairly large degree, especially in comparison to something else
• relatively large/small/high/low
• Lack of exercise is also a risk factor for heart disease but it's relatively small when compared with the others.
• I found the test relatively easy.
• These students had a relatively simple task.
• We had relatively few applications for the job.
• I have relatively little to do this afternoon.
• It all happened in a relatively short period of time.
• At the time, the internet was a relatively new phenomenon.
• He was charged with a relatively minor offence.
• In the early 1960s divorce was still relatively rare.

Extra Examples

• Relatively few were smokers.
• The area used to be fairly safe. It still is, relatively.
• The data can be gathered relatively easily.
2. used when you are comparing something with all similar things
• Relatively speaking, these jobs provide good salaries.
• The colleges had become, relatively speaking, short of funds.