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How to spell relatively

Relatively is spelled R-E-L-A-T-I-V-E-L-Y.

What it means: In comparison to something else.

In a sentence: The puppy is relatively small compared to the big dog. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: relative, relation, relationship, relational, relating. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Relatively” comes from the Latin word *relativus*, related to *referre* meaning “to bring back” or “to refer.” Over time, the idea of “having reference to something else” turned into our modern sense of comparing one thing to another.

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