How to Use relatively in a Sentence

relatively

adverb

• With all their kids grown and out of the house, the pair live a relatively quiet life.
  — Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
• Styling-wise, the rest of the look was kept relatively casual.
  — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2023
• Floor tiles are a relatively small change that can have a significant impact on the look and feel of a space.
  — Kaitlyn McInnis, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2023
• But, as the war with Russia grinds on, the space, in the relatively safe western city of Lviv, has taken on a new resonance.
  — Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 23 June 2023
• There’s no need to worry — the process is relatively painless.
  — Jared Ranahan, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2024
• The Top End region is one of the last true frontiers of Australia that, to this day, remains relatively untouched.
  — Drew Kluska, Travel + Leisure, 25 Nov. 2023
• While carbon steel can't go in the dishwasher, it can be washed or wiped down relatively easy.
  — Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 1 June 2023
• This robe is relatively short and feels just like a lightweight cardigan.
  — Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2023
• The sale is relatively minor in size and does not include weaponry.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 23 Feb. 2024
• The trend of adults buying toys for themselves is relatively new, but longing for the glory days of childhood is not.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 21 Oct. 2023
• But the core of the play is so solid and the discussion still so urgent that these issues are relatively minor.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2023
• But that is still a relatively high vacancy rate for the prisons.
  — Sophia Voight, Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2024
• But for now, banks are still keeping themselves on a relatively tight leash.
  — Telis Demos, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2024
• But since leaving the White House in 2021, the couple has lead a relatively low-key life of travel and leisure and charity and finance.
  — Linda Marx, Peoplemag, 16 June 2023
• These freshwater fish are often kept as pets and are relatively easy to care for.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 2 June 2023
• The main task in her first job at the carmaker was relatively simple: applying black tape to door frames.
  — Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 6 Oct. 2023
• As recently as a few weeks ago, the Middle East seemed relatively calm.
  — Richard Haass, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2023
• His lawyers have offered relatively little in the way of riposte—and have been pilloried for it.
  — WIRED, 20 Oct. 2023
• Back inside, there are three bedrooms and two bathrooms in a relatively cozy 1,700 square feet of living space.
  — James McClain, Robb Report, 10 Nov. 2023
• Do that, and 149 miles should be plenty, even for people with relatively long commutes.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 10 Apr. 2024
• But even in a land where robots are relatively common, the latest recruits could take some getting used to.
  — Heather Chen, CNN, 18 June 2023
• But after that initial use, the tester found the toothbrush to be relatively straightforward.
  — Danielle Zoellner, Verywell Health, 18 Oct. 2023
• Onward and upward, to the relatively peaceful pastures of … uh, Shogun?
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2024
• This is still relatively low on the drought scale, with the highest being D4 or exceptional drought.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 9 June 2023
• As the storm moves out, the cold air will move in behind it, creating conditions for heavy snow to blanket the area as the cold air passes over the relatively warm water in the Great Lakes.
  — Daniel Amarante, ABC News, 26 Nov. 2023
• Lacy said this is a relatively unpopulated and rural area of the high desert.
  — Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
• The couple was one of several teams driving around Salt Lake City in mid-July during the earliest, and still relatively cool, hours of the day as part of a project to map the hottest spots across the city.
  — Sofia Jeremias, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 July 2023
• The set comes with six different dye colors, plus clothespins and rubber bands to make the patterns, pipettes to get dye in hard-to-reach places and gloves and tablecloths to keep things (relatively) clean.
  — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 18 July 2023
• Currently, Michigan's winds are relatively light and from the north and northeast, sending smoke from the wildfires in Canada here.
  — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 8 June 2023
• Jung added that their music was relatively easier for the public to grasp compared to other K-pop songs.
  — Hanna Park, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024