লক্ষ্য করুন: এই এন্ট্রির অনুবাদ বর্তমানে মান পর্যালোচনার অধীনে রয়েছে, তাই কিছু বিষয়বস্তু সাময়িকভাবে শুধুমাত্র ইংরেজিতে প্রদর্শিত হচ্ছে।
এই এন্ট্রিটি এখনও আপনার ভাষায় অনুবাদ করা হয়নি, তাই নিচে মূল লেখাটি দেখানো হচ্ছে।
relatively
This word functions as a hedge, softening a statement to make it less absolute. It signals that the speaker is making a comparison, even if the object of comparison is not explicitly mentioned. For example, saying a task is "relatively easy" implies it is easy compared to other tasks of a similar nature, rather than being objectively effortless.
In professional and academic registers, "relatively" is used to maintain objectivity and precision. It avoids overstatement by acknowledging that a quality is dependent on context. It is more formal than "pretty" or "quite" and is preferred in reports, research, and business presentations to avoid sounding overly subjective.
Care should be taken not to confuse "relatively" with "absolute" terms. While "very" increases the intensity of an adjective, "relatively" shifts the focus to a comparative scale. Using "relatively" when no comparison is possible or implied can make a sentence feel vague or logically incomplete.
Meanings
Examples
I think the test was relatively simple compared to last year.
We are relatively certain that the plan will work.
The two cities are relatively close to each other.
The risk of failure is relatively small in this case.