Comparatively

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Comparatively \Com*par"a*tive*ly\, adv.
     According to estimate made by comparison; relatively; not
     positively or absolutely.
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           With but comparatively few exceptions.   --Prescott.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  comparatively
       adv : in a relative manner; by comparison to something else; "the
             situation is relatively calm now" [syn: {relatively}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "comparatively":
     after a fashion, appositely, appreciably, at any rate, at best,
     at least, at most, at the least, at the most, at the outside,
     at worst, comparably, detectably, fairly, germanely, in a manner,
     in a way, in part, in some measure, incompletely, leastwise,
     merely, mildly, moderately, modestly, not absolutely,
     not comprehensively, not exhaustively, only, part, partially,
     partly, pertinently, pro tanto, proportionately, purely,
     relatively, relevantly, simply, so far, somewhat, thus far,
     to a degree, to an extent, to some degree, tolerably, visibly