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relatively

ˈrɛlətɪvli
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Various animals are sacrificed in the left foreground. Noah and his relatives are kneeling before the burnt offering. In the background destroyed buildings and dead people on the ground. Top left in a cloud God the father.
Various animals are sacrificed in the left foreground. Noah and his relatives are kneeling before the burnt offering. In the background destroyed buildings and dead people on the ground. Top left in a cloud God the father.
  1. (adv) relatively
    in a relative manner; by comparison to something else "the situation is relatively calm now"
Illustrations
With peripheral images related to militaria.
With peripheral images related to militaria.
Four representations related to the soul of man. Above left, marked N. 45: a man gives alms to a beggar on the side of the road. Above right, marked O. 46: a scholar in his study. Bottom left, marked P. 47: two men in the street talking and pointing to another man. Bottom right, marked Q. 48: An old man is sitting at a table in a prison.
Four representations related to the soul of man. Above left, marked N. 45: a man gives alms to a beggar on the side of the road. Above right, marked O. 46: a scholar in his study. Bottom left, marked P. 47: two men in the street talking and pointing to another man. Bottom right, marked Q. 48: An old man is sitting at a table in a prison.
Ships on a rough sea. On the left an iron pig, a type of ship related to the Overijssel pot, and on the right a water ship, also known as a Zuiderzee fishing boat.
Ships on a rough sea. On the left an iron pig, a type of ship related to the Overijssel pot, and on the right a water ship, also known as a Zuiderzee fishing boat.
Sheet with two representations of Roman Catholic customs related to the wedding ceremony. Above: A priest blesses a bridal couple as they hold each other's right hands. Behind them are their friends and witnesses. Below: A nun, holding a holy water brush, blessing the marriage bed of a newly married couple.
Sheet with two representations of Roman Catholic customs related to the wedding ceremony. Above: A priest blesses a bridal couple as they hold each other's right hands. Behind them are their friends and witnesses. Below: A nun, holding a holy water brush, blessing the marriage bed of a newly married couple.
View into a room with Louis XVI saying goodbye to his grieving relatives. Text in English in the bottom margin.
View into a room with Louis XVI saying goodbye to his grieving relatives. Text in English in the bottom margin.
In a house a man is standing in front of his bed, relatives around him. A doctor is standing in front of him with an outstretched arm. In the room to the right, you can see what happened after the man was healed (see the first three pictures in the series): his relatives refused to pay the doctor for his services. In the foreground a demonic figure, standing amid medical handbooks and instruments. Latin and Greek texts engraved below the scene and (outside the plate edge but on the same page) a printed Dutch text, explaining that the doctor is treated like a devil when it comes to payment for his services. This print is part of a series of four prints depicting how the doctor is viewed and appreciated during his visit to a sick person: when he enters as a god, after the emergency room as an angel, when he is healed as a person and when payment is made. should be like a devil.
In a house a man is standing in front of his bed, relatives around him. A doctor is standing in front of him with an outstretched arm. In the room to the right, you can see what happened after the man was healed (see the first three pictures in the series): his relatives refused to pay the doctor for his services. In the foreground a demonic figure, standing amid medical handbooks and instruments. Latin and Greek texts engraved below the scene and (outside the plate edge but on the same page) a printed Dutch text, explaining that the doctor is treated like a devil when it comes to payment for his services. This print is part of a series of four prints depicting how the doctor is viewed and appreciated during his visit to a sick person: when he enters as a god, after the emergency room as an angel, when he is healed as a person and when payment is made. should be like a devil.
Album with eleven prints on eleven album pages. The album contains ten performances related to the fine arts. The series is preceded by a print with a dedication to George Augustin von Stubenberg. Half leather binding with marbled covers, some flyleaves in the front and back.
Album with eleven prints on eleven album pages. The album contains ten performances related to the fine arts. The series is preceded by a print with a dedication to George Augustin von Stubenberg. Half leather binding with marbled covers, some flyleaves in the front and back.
Four people stand amidst the plaster casts. On the ground are all kinds of things related to the evacuation of the courtyard. In the course of December of 1927 a start was made with the evacuation of the courtyard in view of the concrete floor to be laid. The portal of the St. Servatius can be seen in the background to the right. Renovation of the western courtyard, view of the western wall The wooden floor in the courtyard caused so many problems that it was replaced by a raised concrete floor. This created a low basement, 2.25 meters, and an elevated exhibition floor. Three halls in the courtyard were furnished with stretcher walls. The original façades of the courtyard were hidden from view by a low boundary wall. In the interspace a 'proliferation of channels and pipes' developed.
Four people stand amidst the plaster casts. On the ground are all kinds of things related to the evacuation of the courtyard. In the course of December of 1927 a start was made with the evacuation of the courtyard in view of the concrete floor to be laid. The portal of the St. Servatius can be seen in the background to the right. Renovation of the western courtyard, view of the western wall The wooden floor in the courtyard caused so many problems that it was replaced by a raised concrete floor. This created a low basement, 2.25 meters, and an elevated exhibition floor. Three halls in the courtyard were furnished with stretcher walls. The original façades of the courtyard were hidden from view by a low boundary wall. In the interspace a 'proliferation of channels and pipes' developed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Interesting fact
The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. (Relative to size)
  1. Relatively
    In a relative manner; in relation or respect to something else; not absolutely. "Consider the absolute affections of any being as it is in itself, before you consider it relatively ."
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Interesting fact
France had the first supermarket in the world. It was started by relatives of the people who started the Texas Big Bear supermarket chain.
  1. relatively
    In a relative manner; in relation or respect to something else; with relation to each other and to other things; not absolutely; comparatively: often followed by to: as, his expenditure in charity was large relatively to his income.
Quotations
Anatole France
The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces.
Anatole France
Honest criticism is hard to take, especially from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.
Franklin P. Jones
David Livingstone
I will place no value on anything I have or may possess except in relation to the kingdom of Christ.
David Livingstone
Edward Gibbon
Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.
Edward Gibbon
Thomas Fuller
Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo repeats only the last art, but fame relates all, and often more than all.
Thomas Fuller
George Ade
A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.
George Ade
Usage in the news

Nath is visiting relatives in Dover. metrowestdailynews.com

It also doesn't hurt that Oklahoma currently has relatively few regulations when it comes to mining in aquifers . kosu.org

The Washington-area resident has so many relatives in Gaza that he can't count them all: uncles, aunts, cousins, second cousins, and so on, in Zaytoon, Rimal and other Gaza communities. kvia.com

Cease-fire brings relief, but many relatives in Gaza are now without homes. cnn.com

The initial idea was to create an overview of jazz (and jazz-related) records from 1900 to 2001. villagevoice.com

Relatives care for Mohammed Obed, who is recovering in a hospital after being captured and allegedly tortured by Syrian Army soldiers, in Idlib, March 7, 2012. cbsnews.com

As a relatively hard-core sports fan, I can relate to the passion from which the man who created this video rant emanates from. katsfm.com

This is a case I did not intend to relate because there are so many other pressing issues to relate but things went so quickly and smoothly I decided to share it. tryondailybulletin.com

University of Missouri-Kansas City Chancellor Leo E Morton will receive the 2012 Henry W Bloch Human Relations Award from the Jewish Community Relations Bureau American Jewish Committee. kansascity.com

It looks like it was a relatively shallow earthquake (~15 km) that was related to thrusting due to the subduction of the Cocos plate under Mexico. ired.com

But while Morsi can deliver on restoring Cairo's diplomatic relations with Iran, he may have a difficult time persuading Gulf leaders to improve their relations. adirondackdailyenterprise.com

Causes of missed breast cancers can relate to a variety of factors, including those related to the patient, technical issues, perception, and interpretation. appliedradiology.com

It's a relatively low-profile game against a relatively low-profile opponent. columbiamissourian.com

In some cases, that's relatively easy, and in some cases it's relatively difficult. runnersworld.com

Anderson's Oscar contender, "The Master," still chews up a considerable spot on the schedule at Ragtag Cinema, there are a couple of music-related film happenings — or is that film-related music moments. columbiatribune.com

Usage in scientific papers

The relation between the fluctuation relation and Green-Kubo relations has been discovered in [29, 30]: in the following we will closely follow the original derivation of .
Is it possible to experimentally verify the fluctuation relation? A review of theoretical motivations and numerical evidence

Given that both P θ eq verify the transient fluctuation relation (10), it follows easily that Peq (Στ ) verifies the same relation for any finite τ and consequently the limit distribution eζ∞ (p) = limτ →∞ τ −1 log Peq (pΣ+ ) verifies the fluctuation relation.
Is it possible to experimentally verify the fluctuation relation? A review of theoretical motivations and numerical evidence

In this case the violation of the fluctuation relation is related to a mechanism very similar to the one discussed in section 4.2, i.e. it is related to an “hidden” diverging time scale (the time scale on which reversibility of the collisions can be observed).
Is it possible to experimentally verify the fluctuation relation? A review of theoretical motivations and numerical evidence

Other than the Eγ ,iso − Epeak relation, only one relation has apparent problems, the Eγ − Epeak relation of Ghirlanda, Ghisellini, & Lazzati (2004).
Generalized Tests for Eight GRB Luminosity Relations

But two relations (the Eγ ,iso − Epeak and Eγ − Epeak relations) have substantial fractions of violators, and it is no coincidence that these are the same relations that have zpeak . 10.
Generalized Tests for Eight GRB Luminosity Relations

Usage in literature

Of the man Zywny and his relation to the Chopin family we get some glimpses in Frederick's letters. "Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician" by Frederick Niecks

Thus time-relations, like space-relations, are among those with which we are acquainted. "The Problems of Philosophy" by Bertrand Russell

Relatives met relatives and fathers and mothers met sons and daughters returning home after long separations. "Kent Knowles: Quahaug" by Joseph C. Lincoln

For the same reason, melody (relation of successive notes) is stressed, rather than harmony (relation of simultaneous notes). "Autobiography of a YOGI" by Paramhansa Yogananda

They brought good or ill luck, which each related in a little verse. "O. T." by Hans Christian Andersen

Ask your young friend, Mr. Vance, if Mr. Darrell is not his relation. "What Will He Do With It, Complete" by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

He is a relation of yours? "My Novel, Complete" by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

I will relate one circumstance, which shows the little regard that is paid to the feelings of the slave. "The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4" by American Anti-Slavery Society

Your rule speaks of a civil relation, and also of the existing relations of life. "The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus" by American Anti-Slavery Society

And Vidura began to relate unto them in detail everything connected with the bearing of Dhritarashtra the son of Amvika. "Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 1" by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

Usage in poetry
And, when he talks sense,
Relations say,
"Better let Father
Haye his way."
"Old Man Hoppergrass" by Stephen Vincent Benet Author object (629)
The Lord is the slave
of his devotees
age after age.
The tongue can't relate
his countless deeds.
"The Lord Is His Devotees' Slave" by Sant Surdas
I'll tell thee everything I can:
There's little to relate.
I saw an aged aged man,
A-sitting on a gate.
"The Knight's Song" by Lewis Carroll Author object (439)
Heaven is a place, also a state,
It doth all things excel,
No man can fully it relate,
Nor of its glory tell.
"Of Heaven" by John Bunyan Author object (362)
Which is the length of this estate,
Where they at present lie;
Which in a word I thus relate,
'Tis to eternity.
"Of Hell And The Estate of Those Who Perish" by John Bunyan Author object (362)
Amidst all this so great a scare
That here I do relate,
Another falleth to their share
In this their sad estate.
"Of Hell And The Estate of Those Who Perish" by John Bunyan Author object (362)