Antonyms for comparably


Grammar : Adv
Spell : kom-per-uh-buhl or, sometimes, kuhm-pair-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒm pər ə bəl or, sometimes, kəmˈpɛər-


Definition of comparably

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Middle French comparable, from Latin comparabilis "capable of comparison," from comparare (see comparison). Related: Comparably; comparability.
  • As in relatively : adv in or by comparison
  • As in alike : adv similarly
Example sentences :
  • Even tobacco and liquor were present in comparably liberal quantities.
  • Extract from : « Gone Fishing » by James H. Schmitz
  • The gentry society was, therefore, a comparably stable society with little upward social mobility but with some downward mobility.
  • Extract from : « A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.] » by Wolfram Eberhard
  • We cannot apprehend an object as sublime while we apprehend it as comparably, measurably, or finitely great.
  • Extract from : « Oxford Lectures on Poetry » by Andrew Cecil Bradley
  • Not comparably to your ladyship; you are the very Cynthia of the skies, and queen of stars.
  • Extract from : « The Comedies of William Congreve » by William Congreve
  • Unlike the peoples of the great Asiatic and European folk-wanderings, they found no comparably developed peoples to bar their way.
  • Extract from : « The Coming of Coal » by Robert W. Bruere

Synonyms for comparably

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