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Comparative   /kəmpˈɛrətɪv/   Listen
adjective
Comparative  adj.  
1.
Of or pertaining to comparison. "The comparative faculty."
2.
Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the comparative sciences; the comparative anatomy.
3.
Estimated by comparison; relative; not positive or absolute, as compared with another thing or state. "The recurrence of comparative warmth and cold." "The bubble, by reason of its comparative levity to the fluid that incloses it, would necessarily ascend to the top."
4.
(Gram.) Expressing a degree greater or less than the positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or adverb. The comparative degree is formed from the positive by the use of -er, more, or less; as, brighter, more bright, or less bright.
Comparative sciences, those which are based on a comprehensive comparison of the range of objects or facts in any branch or department, and which aim to study out and treat of the fundamental laws or systems of relation pervading them; as, comparative anatomy, comparative physiology, comparative philology.


noun
Comparative  n.  (Gram.)
1.
The comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; also, the form by which the comparative degree is expressed; as, stronger, wiser, weaker, more stormy, less windy, are all comparatives. "In comparatives is expressed a relation of two; as in superlatives there is a relation of many."
2.
An equal; a rival; a compeer. (Obs.) "Gerard ever was His full comparative."
3.
One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit. (Obs.) "Every beardless vain comparative."





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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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