Relatively
Relatively adverb - To some degree or extent.
Usage example: these newly acquired in-laws felt relatively comfortable at our family reunion
Somewhat is a synonym for relatively in fairly topic. In some cases you can use "Somewhat" instead the word "Relatively" as an adverb or an adjective, when it comes to topics like quite, partly, comparatively, in or by comparison. popular alternative
Somewhat
Somewhat adverb - To some degree or extent.
Usage example: wear a jacket as it's somewhat chilly today
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- almost and relatively
- almost and somewhat
- rather and relatively
- rather and somewhat
- fairly and relatively
- fairly and somewhat
- little and relatively
- little and somewhat
- pretty and relatively
- pretty and somewhat
- moderately and relatively
- moderately and somewhat
- to some extent and relatively
- to some extent and somewhat
Both words in one sentence
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His survival of the following explosion and radiation is somewhat more plausible, due to distance and detonation factors (an air-burst detonation leaves relatively little fallout), but still rather unlikely given he waited until the blast had practically caught up to them.
Source: Film / The Wolverine - SGC would be in a somewhat analogous position to SOCOM (i.e., a relatively small but well-financed and highly important element of the military), quite possibly with even more RFI freedom.
Source: Improperly Placed Firearms - They start out rather weak, being fragile, having somewhat shaky accuracy, and not dealing relatively high amounts of damage.
Source: Video Game / Micro Emblem
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