How to use "relatively" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "relatively" in popular movie and book plots

  • It crashes in Canada, but the boys get out relatively unscathed.  - It's Christmas in Canada
  • The livelihood provides the family with a relatively affluent lifestyle and some understanding of animal psychology.  - Life of Pi
  • In addition to the Okies and the Mexicans, the third group in the town was the Americans, the relatively wealthy white families.  - Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo
  • The suburb of Hamelin survives relatively unscathed, because apparently the town is far enough from San Francisco to avoid blast damage.  - Testament (1983 film)
  • Two radar stations are put out of action and a number of British airfields are damaged or destroyed but British losses are relatively light.  - Battle of Britain (film)
  • Although Brand was relatively intact in his cell, they find he has been stabbed as he is brought to them.  - Sign of the Unicorn
  • While most of the students receive guns and knives, some acquire relatively useless items like boomerangs, dartboard darts, or a fork.  - Battle Royale
  • Jessup escapes, after a relatively brief incarceration, when his friends bribe one of the camp guards.  - It Can't Happen Here
  • Events ultimately resolve into a relatively happy conclusion (that is, for everyone except Thomas and Gabriel).  - Old Harry's Game
  • Under hypnosis at one session, a third personality manifests, the relatively stable Jane.  - The Three Faces of Eve
  • This event happens relatively early in the narrative: the immediate need of Christian at the beginning of the story being quickly remedied.  - The Pilgrim's Progress
  • Even though he still feels relatively well, he and Mary take their pills simultaneously so they can die as a family.  - On the Beach (novel)
  • By the end of the 1880s, a series of republican Presidents during the relatively young French Third Republic ended any hope of a monarchy.  - House of Guise
  • The ship spends a relatively quiet Christmas in the north of Scotland during the Phoney War.  - In Which We Serve
  • The four spend a few relatively happy seasons at Switzerland, Milan, and Como before Evelyn dies of typhus.  - The Last Man
  • The ensuing publicity results in Gordon losing his job at the bookshop, and, consequently, his relatively 'comfortable' lifestyle.  - Keep the Aspidistra Flying

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