All 8 Uses of
relative
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- He saw many who came with sick children or relatives and besought the elder to lay hands on them and to pray over them, return shortly after—some the next day—and, falling in tears at the elder's feet, thank him for healing their sick.†
Chpt 1 *
- First an elegant open carriage, drawn by two valuable horses, drove up with Miuesov and a distant relative of his, a young man of twenty, called Pyotr Fomitch Kalganov.†
Chpt 2
- Home, home, I'll eat at home, I don't feel equal to it here, Pyotr Alexandrovitch, my amiable relative."†
Chpt 2
- I am not your relative and never have been, you contemptible man!†
Chpt 2
- One's quite a young gentleman, a relative of Mr. Miuesov, he must be, but I've forgotten his name …. and I expect you know the other, too, a gentleman called Maximov.†
Chpt 8
- Goodness is one thing with me and another with a Chinaman, so it's a relative thing.†
Chpt 11
- Is it not relative?†
Chpt 11 *
- As I followed the case more closely in the papers my idea was more and more confirmed, and I suddenly received from the prisoner's relatives a request to undertake his defense.†
Chpt 12
Definitions:
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(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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(relative as in: the relative importance) compared with something else (not an absolute value or not complete)