Results for comparative
Definitions of comparative:
part of speech: adverb
Comparatively.
part of speech: adjective
Not positive or absolute; estimated by comparison; having the power of comparing; in gram., an adjective inflected, expressing more or less.
part of speech: noun
In grammar, the second degree in the inflection of an adjective or adverb.
part of speech: adjective
Estimated by comparing with something else: not positive or absolute: ( gram.) expressing more.
Usage examples for comparative:
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Perhaps, too, she realized that, unless she pursued her inquiries among comparative strangers, she would learn nothing.
"Concerning Sally", William John Hopkins -
Don't worry poor John with comparative acres- we are all looking at the twenty- acre field now.
"Poor Relations", Compton Mackenzie -
On the second day of my illness, during an interval of comparative ease, I fell into recollections of my childhood, and at once I had that far, that forgotten past with me again as I had never previously had it.
"Far Away and Long Ago", W. H. Hudson