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Comparative   /kəmpˈɛrətɪv/   Listen
Comparative

adjective
1.
Relating to or based on or involving comparison.
2.
Estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete.  Synonym: relative.
noun
1.
The comparative form of an adjective or adverb.  Synonym: comparative degree.  "'less famous' is the comparative degree of the adjective 'famous'" , "'more surely' is the comparative of the adverb 'surely'"



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"Comparative" Quotes from Famous Books



... a royal residence for some time after its completion, for Charles IX clung tenaciously to his well-guarded apartments in the Louvre; for the central structure of the Tuileries, because of its lack of comparative height, was hardly as much of a stronghold ...
— Royal Palaces and Parks of France • Milburg Francisco Mansfield
... need not discount the possibility that a graphic image could have a negative impact on a young child. It must be remembered, however, that children will be exposed to signal bleed under time channeling as well. . . . The record is silent as to the comparative ...
— Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) Ruling • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
... of such a future autopsy might seem a matter of comparative indifference, since meantime the present effect to the republic of those deep emotions was a treacherous desertion. Calvaert, too, who had so long haunted the king like his perpetual shadow, and who had ...
— The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley
... that," said Mistress Croale, who did not wish to face Mistress Murkison, well known to her in the days of her comparative prosperity. ...
— Sir Gibbie • George MacDonald
... and artificial flies. Catch the natural fly, imitate it as closely as possible; put your made fly into a tumbler of clear water, then if the size and the prevailing colours as to body and wings resemble your copy, you are all right. This appears to me the best comparative illustration. ...
— The Teesdale Angler • R Lakeland


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