relativelyadv.

Brit.

/ˈrɛlətᵻvli/, U.S.

/ˈrɛlədᵻvli/

Forms: see relative n., adj., and adv. and -ly suffix².

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French relatif , -ly suffix²; Latin relativus , -ly suffix²; relative adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: Partly (originally) < Middle French relatif and its etymon post-classical Latin relativus relative adj. + -ly suffix², and partly (in later use) directly relative adj. + -ly suffix². Compare post-classical Latin relative (adverb) in a relative manner, in relation to something else (5th cent.), Middle French, French relativement in a relative manner (14th cent.). Compare later relative adj. and relative adv.

a. Modifying a verb. In a relative manner, in relation to something else; comparatively.

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?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 21 Euery aposteme, or it is hote or it is noȝt hote, in spekyng of hote proprely, essencialy, and relatiuely [?c1425 Paris schewyngly; L. relatiue], as it shal be seid.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) i. xiii. 58 The name of God is there relatively taken, and therefore restrained to the Person of the Father.

1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Gram. sig. E4 This word Lo is often vsed relatiuely, and yet hath no agreement with any antecedent.

1624 D. Featley Romish Fisher Caught sig. Ii3^v The true God is to be worshipped in Spirit and truth..; but, you adde, that hee may bee analogically and relatiuely worshipped by Images.

1660 R. Coke Justice Vindicated ii. 49 Here we must look upon Grotius either naturally, or relatively.

1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. v. 243 The essence of God may be considered either absolutely or relatively.

1795 W. Paley View Evidences Christianity (ed. 3) II. ii. ix. 252 Not only absolutely, but..relatively, in comparison, that is, with those amongst whom they exercise their office.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 585 But, though they have positively advanced, they have relatively gone back.

1861 C. H. Pearson Early & Middle Ages Eng. (1867) I. 15 Arts and sciences can only be talked of relatively among a people such as the Britons were.

1922 N. W. Stephenson Lincoln xxi. 221 At last, relatively, he had found peace.

1955 Sci. Amer. Mar. 34/3 In fact, relatively speaking, he exceeds this chance probability by a larger and larger fraction with each succeeding act.

2005 J. Vissers in J. Vissers & R. Beech Health Operations Managem. viii. 135 The differences between resources were, when considered relatively, the same in both periods.

b. Modifying an adjective or adverb. In relation to something else; comparatively; fairly, quite.Sometimes hyphenated.

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1626 J. Fisher Answer Nine Points Controv. (new ed.) 83 There be two kinds or states of holy thinges, some being absolutely & inherently holy, other only relatiuely and outwardly.

1629 T. Jackson Treat. Divine Essence i. 107 That which is relatively uncertaine, cannot be certainly knowne.

1736 T. Nettleton Treat. Virtue & Happiness (ed. 2) i. v. 121 That which is relatively evil, may possibly be absolutely good.

1793 W. Pearce Midnight Wanderers ii. v. 38 Aye, aye, relatively honest:—honest only when none but greater scoundrels were present.

1825 J. Bentham Indications Respecting Ld. Eldon 78 Justice,..denied to the relatively poor,..sold at an enormous price to the relatively rich.

1867 H. Spencer First Princ. (ed. 2) ii. xiii. §104. 301 Parts which..consist of relatively-simple molecules, are seats of but little structure.

1884 L. J. Jennings in Croker Papers I. iii. 85 It was very difficult to induce..the public to regard them as worth the relatively small sum..paid for them.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 668/1 In most of the Marsupialia the stomach is relatively simple.

1951 S. Plath Jrnl. July (2000) 75 On a relatively unfrequented, stony bench there is a great rock which juts out over the sea.

1978 J. E. Gordon in B. Dixon From Creation to Chaos (1993) 82 This stuff burns vigorously but relatively slowly.

1990 H. P. Chapman Rembrandt's Self-portraits 6 His father was a relatively well-to-do miller.

2. With to or †unto. In relation to, with reference to; relative to.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > [adverb] > in relation or with reference to or concerning

forasmuch1297

as to1340

as fora1393

nentesa1400

accordingc1430

as respects1543

in (also with) relation to1551

relatively1609

quoad1622

referently1650

on, upon the score (of)1651

on account of1653

schetically1678

with a view to1692

apropos1749

as regards1797

in the matter of1881

in aid of1918

wise1942

1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 314 The title of father is alwaies vnderstood relatiuely to the sonnes which hee hath.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 191 These lateralities in man are not onely fallible, if relatively determined unto each others, but made in reference unto the heavens.

1678 R. Cudworth tr. Plato in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. i. 11 Those Sensible things..are all generated or made Relatively to the Sentient.

1726 Visct. Bolingbroke Lett. Study Hist. (1752) I. ii. 38 They saw the measures they took singly, and unrelatively, or relatively alone to some immediate object.

1789 P. Neve Cursory Remarks Anc. Poets 80 Of beauties..none seems to claim more attention than what he calls the sun, relatively to the moon.

1822 J. H. Newman Lett. & Corr. (1891) I. 69 They know very little of me..who think I do not put a value on myself relatively to others.

1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey I. 257 All should be ready to serve, considering the length of the frontier they have to defend relatively to their numbers.

1881 J. C. Maxwell Treat. Electr. & Magnetism (ed. 2) I. i. i. 47 In a conductor the electrification is free to move relatively to the conductor.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvii. [Ithaca] 688 At rest relatively to themselves and to each other.

1993 A. Savile Kantian Aesthetics Pursued v. 91 Some ways of speaking of natural materials are in their essence functional. They sort the world's contents relatively to the functions they serve.

Compounds

relatively prime adj. Mathematics of two or more numbers in relation to each other: having no common integral factor except unity; = coprime adj.

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1834 D. Lardner Treat. Arithm., Pract. & Theoret. ii. i. 154 2 numbers are said to be relatively prime, or prime to each other, when they have no common measure greater than the unit.

1916 Ann. Math. 17 119 If f(x) is of order n, f^p(x) will have the same order if p and n are relatively prime.

2004 P. Ribenboim Little Bk. Bigger Primes (ed. 2) i. 7 It would be desirable to find other infinite sequences of pairwise relatively prime integers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	relatively
释义	relativelyadv. Brit. /ˈrɛlətᵻvli/, U.S. /ˈrɛlədᵻvli/ Forms: see relative n., adj., and adv. and -ly suffix². Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French relatif , -ly suffix²; Latin relativus , -ly suffix²; relative adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: Partly (originally) < Middle French relatif and its etymon post-classical Latin relativus relative adj. + -ly suffix², and partly (in later use) directly relative adj. + -ly suffix². Compare post-classical Latin relative (adverb) in a relative manner, in relation to something else (5th cent.), Middle French, French relativement in a relative manner (14th cent.). Compare later relative adj. and relative adv. 1. a. Modifying a verb. In a relative manner, in relation to something else; comparatively. ΚΠ ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 21 Euery aposteme, or it is hote or it is noȝt hote, in spekyng of hote proprely, essencialy, and relatiuely [?c1425 Paris schewyngly; L. relatiue], as it shal be seid. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) i. xiii. 58 The name of God is there relatively taken, and therefore restrained to the Person of the Father. 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Gram. sig. E4 This word Lo is often vsed relatiuely, and yet hath no agreement with any antecedent. 1624 D. Featley Romish Fisher Caught sig. Ii3^v The true God is to be worshipped in Spirit and truth..; but, you adde, that hee may bee analogically and relatiuely worshipped by Images. 1660 R. Coke Justice Vindicated ii. 49 Here we must look upon Grotius either naturally, or relatively. 1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. v. 243 The essence of God may be considered either absolutely or relatively. 1795 W. Paley View Evidences Christianity (ed. 3) II. ii. ix. 252 Not only absolutely, but..relatively, in comparison, that is, with those amongst whom they exercise their office. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 585 But, though they have positively advanced, they have relatively gone back. 1861 C. H. Pearson Early & Middle Ages Eng. (1867) I. 15 Arts and sciences can only be talked of relatively among a people such as the Britons were. 1922 N. W. Stephenson Lincoln xxi. 221 At last, relatively, he had found peace. 1955 Sci. Amer. Mar. 34/3 In fact, relatively speaking, he exceeds this chance probability by a larger and larger fraction with each succeeding act. 2005 J. Vissers in J. Vissers & R. Beech Health Operations Managem. viii. 135 The differences between resources were, when considered relatively, the same in both periods. b. Modifying an adjective or adverb. In relation to something else; comparatively; fairly, quite.Sometimes hyphenated. ΚΠ 1626 J. Fisher Answer Nine Points Controv. (new ed.) 83 There be two kinds or states of holy thinges, some being absolutely & inherently holy, other only relatiuely and outwardly. 1629 T. Jackson Treat. Divine Essence i. 107 That which is relatively uncertaine, cannot be certainly knowne. 1736 T. Nettleton Treat. Virtue & Happiness (ed. 2) i. v. 121 That which is relatively evil, may possibly be absolutely good. 1793 W. Pearce Midnight Wanderers ii. v. 38 Aye, aye, relatively honest:—honest only when none but greater scoundrels were present. 1825 J. Bentham Indications Respecting Ld. Eldon 78 Justice,..denied to the relatively poor,..sold at an enormous price to the relatively rich. 1867 H. Spencer First Princ. (ed. 2) ii. xiii. §104. 301 Parts which..consist of relatively-simple molecules, are seats of but little structure. 1884 L. J. Jennings in Croker Papers I. iii. 85 It was very difficult to induce..the public to regard them as worth the relatively small sum..paid for them. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 668/1 In most of the Marsupialia the stomach is relatively simple. 1951 S. Plath Jrnl. July (2000) 75 On a relatively unfrequented, stony bench there is a great rock which juts out over the sea. 1978 J. E. Gordon in B. Dixon From Creation to Chaos (1993) 82 This stuff burns vigorously but relatively slowly. 1990 H. P. Chapman Rembrandt's Self-portraits 6 His father was a relatively well-to-do miller. 2. With to or †unto. In relation to, with reference to; relative to. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > [adverb] > in relation or with reference to or concerning forasmuch1297 as to1340 as fora1393 nentesa1400 accordingc1430 as respects1543 in (also with) relation to1551 relatively1609 quoad1622 referently1650 on, upon the score (of)1651 on account of1653 schetically1678 with a view to1692 apropos1749 as regards1797 in the matter of1881 in aid of1918 wise1942 1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 314 The title of father is alwaies vnderstood relatiuely to the sonnes which hee hath. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 191 These lateralities in man are not onely fallible, if relatively determined unto each others, but made in reference unto the heavens. View more context for this quotation 1678 R. Cudworth tr. Plato in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. i. 11 Those Sensible things..are all generated or made Relatively to the Sentient. 1726 Visct. Bolingbroke Lett. Study Hist. (1752) I. ii. 38 They saw the measures they took singly, and unrelatively, or relatively alone to some immediate object. 1789 P. Neve Cursory Remarks Anc. Poets 80 Of beauties..none seems to claim more attention than what he calls the sun, relatively to the moon. 1822 J. H. Newman Lett. & Corr. (1891) I. 69 They know very little of me..who think I do not put a value on myself relatively to others. 1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey I. 257 All should be ready to serve, considering the length of the frontier they have to defend relatively to their numbers. 1881 J. C. Maxwell Treat. Electr. & Magnetism (ed. 2) I. i. i. 47 In a conductor the electrification is free to move relatively to the conductor. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvii. [Ithaca] 688 At rest relatively to themselves and to each other. 1993 A. Savile Kantian Aesthetics Pursued v. 91 Some ways of speaking of natural materials are in their essence functional. They sort the world's contents relatively to the functions they serve. Compounds relatively prime adj. Mathematics of two or more numbers in relation to each other: having no common integral factor except unity; = coprime adj. ΚΠ 1834 D. Lardner Treat. Arithm., Pract. & Theoret. ii. i. 154 2 numbers are said to be relatively prime, or prime to each other, when they have no common measure greater than the unit. 1916 Ann. Math. 17 119 If f(x) is of order n, f^p(x) will have the same order if p and n are relatively prime. 2004 P. Ribenboim Little Bk. Bigger Primes (ed. 2) i. 7 It would be desirable to find other infinite sequences of pairwise relatively prime integers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.?a1425
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