comparatively — English Dictionary

Adverb

1. In a comparative manner.

   Examples

   And yet I suppose that my life has been, comparatively speaking, a happy one.

   More examples (1)

   Railway grouping had caused some peculiarly Scottish phraseology to disappear, though the note "Stops on timous notice to the guard" survived until comparatively recently.

2. When compared to other entities.

   Examples

   Never did I see a more dreary and depressing scene. Miles on miles of quagmire, varied only by bright green strips of comparatively solid ground[.]

   In freewayless areas like the Northwest, traffic jams are comparatively fewer – encouraged by the lack of a highway, more people have been riding buses.

Adverb

1. in a relative manner; by comparison to something else

   Synonyms

   relatively

   Examples

   the situation is relatively calm now