comparative

/kəmˈpærətɪv/ adjective

Translation

comparative comfort/freedom/silence, etc › a situation which is comfortable/free/silent, etc when compared to another situation or to what is usual

mukayeseli refah/özgürlük/sessizlik/sükûnet

I enjoyed the comparative calm of his flat after the busy office.2179

› comparing similar things

karşılaştırmalı, mukayeseli

a comparative study of two poems2179

(Definition of comparative adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

something which threatens to cause problems or unhappiness in the future

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