comparative
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
comparative /kəmˈparətɪv/
▶adjective
- 1 measured or judged by comparison; relative.
- 2 involving comparison between two or more subjects or branches of science: comparative religion.
- 3 Grammar (of an adjective or adverb) expressing a higher degree of a quality, but not the highest possible (e.g. braver; more fiercely). Contrasted with positive, superlative.
'comparative' also found in these Oxford entries:
absolute
- anthropology
- classifying
- comparatist
- comparative advantage
- comparative linguistics
- compare
- comparison
- drier
- -er
- few
- further
- gradable
- lower
- more
- no
- none
- -or
- positive
- shade
- social anthropology
- soon
- standard
- superlative
