relative
/ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/ adjective B1- Connected to or depending on something else; comparative. · We've been discussing the relative merits of various methods of transportation.
- Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form.
- Depending on an antecedent; comparative. · The words “big” and “small” are relative.
- Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.
- Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; conditional.
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But she said nothing, to him, relative to the affair, until they were both out in the yard behind the barn milking the cows.
Lakes, mountains, and rivers, shall not be jumbled together in our imaginations; nor, when we attempt to describe any particular scene, will we begin quarrelling about its relative situation.
The far and the near must be relative, and depend on many varying circumstances.
On the contrary, every particular relative to his sister was meant to be kept as much as possible to myself; and if I endeavour to undeceive people as to the rest of his conduct, who will believe me?
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