All 7 Uses of

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Nineteen Minutes

When Alex had first come to the bench, she'd thought that being a relatively young, moderately attractive woman was a good thing-a vote against typecasting-but on mornings like this, she wasn't so sure.†
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relatively = in comparison to something else

He figured that the plumbing emptied out into some big ocean, like the one his family had gone to last summer on a beach vacation, and that maybe Wolverine could find his way back to Japan and his other beta relatives.†
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relatives = people related by blood or marriage

If there was a totem pole of unpopularity, Josie knew she still ranked relatively higher than some.†
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relatively = in comparison to something else

Lewis's colleagues at Sterling College had presented papers on the relative push an education could provide, or universal health care, or job satisfaction.†
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In spite of material improvements, happiness is flat over time-relative income might be more important than absolute income gains.†
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Yesterday, Matt had shown off a graph of relative age of hockey players in the NHL.†
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Definitions:

(1) (relative as in: the relative importance)
compared with something else (not an absolute value or not complete)
(2) (relative as in: they are relatives)
connected
in 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."
(3) (relative as in: questions relative to the topic)
related to
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
meaning too rare to warrant focus:

More specialized and less common senses of the word are found in philosophy, grammar, and music. Consult a comprehensive dictionary if you wish to see those. All senses have to do with relationships.