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comparatively

adverb as in relatively

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The Liverpool boss said new arrivals in the summer and the departure of right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold to Real Madrid could be contributing to Salah's comparatively slow start to the season.

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Critics, however, have pointed out that even though comparatively less harmful, these crackers still release toxic substances into the air.

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“Deadbeat” was subsequently a “fast” process for him, comparatively.

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With her long, frizzy hair, musicality and earth-mother vibe, Ms. King fit in, though she was comparatively unfree, being “a single mother when most of the women around her were not.”

The term is used to describe a group of chemically similar minerals which are abundant in the Earth's crust – but which are also comparatively difficult and costly to extract.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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