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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REL'ATIVELY, adv. 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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: in a relative manner; by comparison to something else; "the situation is relatively calm now" [syn: relatively, comparatively]

Merriam Webster's

adverb Date: 1561 to a relative degree or extent ; somewhat

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Relatively Rel"a*tive*ly, adv. 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. --I. Watts.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Relatively means to a certain degree, especially when compared with other things of the same kind. The sums needed are relatively small... = comparatively ADV: ADV adj/adv

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

ad. With reference to something else, comparatively.

Moby Thesaurus

after a fashion, appositely, appreciably, at any rate, at best, at least, at most, at the least, at the most, at the outside, at worst, comparably, comparatively, detectably, fairly, germanely, in a manner, in a way, in part, in some measure, incompletely, leastwise, merely, mildly, moderately, modestly, more or less, not absolutely, not comprehensively, not exhaustively, only, part, partially, partly, pertinently, pro tanto, proportionately, purely, rather, relevantly, simply, so far, somewhat, thus far, to a degree, to an extent, to some degree, to some extent, tolerably, visibly