Both Uses of
relative
in
Lord of the Flies
- He was also a distant relative of that other boy whose mulberry-marked face had not been seen since the evening of the great fire; but he was not old enough to understand this, and if he had been told that the other boy had gone home in an aircraft, he would have accepted the statement without fuss or disbelief.
p. 60..1 (definition 1) *relative = a person related by blood or marriage
- The great Pacific tide was coming in and every few seconds the relatively still water of the lagoon heaved forwards an inch.†
p. 61..2 (definition 2) *
Definitions:
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(1) (relative as in: they are relatives) connectedin various senses, including:
- a person related by blood or marriage -- as in "The hospital won't let me visit her because I'm not a relative."
- a plant or animal related by origin or grouping -- "The closest relative of the dog is the gray wolf."
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(2) (relative as in: the relative importance) compared with something else (not an absolute value or not complete)