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like comparatively, is widely used as a 'downtoning' adverb meaning 'fairly, somewhat', without any real notion of relativity or comparison:

The natural question to pursue is whether the Chinese state has been able to maintain control in this relatively open geopolitical region—Dædalus, 1993.

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Common misspelling(s) of relatively

• relativly

Dansk (Danish)
adv. - relativt, forholdsvis

Nederlands (Dutch)
betrekkelijk, relatief

Français (French)
adv. - relativement

Deutsch (German)
adv. - relativ, verhältnismäßig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - σχετικά, σχετικώς

Italiano (Italian)
relativamente

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - relativamente

Русский (Russian)
относительно

Español (Spanish)
adv. - relativamente

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - relativt, förhållandevis

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
相对地, 比较而言, 相当地

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 相對地, 比較而言, 相當地

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 상대적으로, 비례하여

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - 相対的に, 比較的に

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) نسبيا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮באופן יחסי, יחסית‬

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