All 9 Uses of
relative
in
The Idiot
- I wrote to Mrs. General Epanchin at the time (she is a distant relative of mine), but she did not answer my letter.†
Chpt 1.1
- That is, of course, if you really are a relative of Mrs. Epanchin's, and have not made a little error through—well, absence of mind, which is very common to human beings; or, say—through a too luxuriant fancy?"†
Chpt 1.1
- "This gentleman declares, Gavrila Ardalionovitch," began the man, confidentially and almost familiarly, "that he is Prince Muishkin and a relative of Madame Epanchin's.†
Chpt 1.2
- The prince had been left an orphan when quite a little child, and Pavlicheff had entrusted him to an old lady, a relative of his own, living in the country, the child needing the fresh air and exercise of country life.†
Chpt 1.3
- Here you are, prince—let me introduce you, the last of the Muishkins, a relative of your own, my dear, or at least of the same name.†
Chpt 1.5
- Adelaida and Alexandra poured out a stream of questions; Prince S., a relative of the young man, appeared annoyed; and Ivan Fedorovitch quite excited.†
Chpt 2.7
- She was accompanied sometimes in her carriage by a girl of sixteen, a distant relative of her hostess.†
Chpt 2.11
- He has eaten five or six children, a relatively insignificant number, no doubt, but remarkable enough from another point of view.†
Chpt 3.4 *
- Another guest was an elderly, important-looking gentleman, a distant relative of Lizabetha Prokofievna's.†
Chpt 4.6
Definition:
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(relative as in: the relative importance) compared with something else (not an absolute value or not complete)