{
    "term": "relatively",
    "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to a fairly large degree, especially in comparison to something else",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**relatively large/small/high/low**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Lack of exercise is also a risk factor for heart disease but it's **relatively small** when compared with the others."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I found the test **relatively easy**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These students had a **relatively simple** task."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We had **relatively few** applications for the job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have **relatively little** to do this afternoon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It all happened in a **relatively short** period of time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "At the time, the internet was a **relatively new** phenomenon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was charged with a **relatively minor** offence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the early 1960s divorce was still relatively rare."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Relatively few were smokers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The area used to be fairly safe. It still is, relatively."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The data can be gathered relatively easily."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used when you are comparing something with all similar things",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Relatively speaking, these jobs provide good salaries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The colleges had become, relatively speaking, short of funds."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrelətɪvli/",
                "audio": "re/relatively/relatively__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrelətɪvli/",
                "audio": "re/relatively/relatively__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}