All 3 Uses of
relative
in
Hard Times
- That bereaved lady, fifteen years older than he, fell presently at deadly feud with her only relative, Lady Scadgers; and, partly to spite her ladyship, and partly to maintain herself, went out at a salary.†
Chpt 1.7 *
- There had been so little communication between these two — both because life at Stone Lodge went monotonously round like a piece of machinery which discouraged human interference, and because of the prohibition relative to Sissy's past career — that they were still almost strangers.†
Chpt 1.9
- Time, sticking to him, passed him on into Bounderby's Bank, made him an inmate of Bounderby's house, necessitated the purchase of his first razor, and exercised him diligently in his calculations relative to number one.†
Chpt 1.14
Definition:
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(relative as in: the relative importance) compared with something else (not an absolute value or not complete)