involving comparison or comparing
measured or judged by a comparison which is not stated
"`faster' is the comparative of the adjective `fast'"
"`less famous' is the comparative degree of the adjective `famous'"
"`more surely' is the comparative of the adverb `surely'"
"comparative linguistics"
"a relative stranger"
The comparative claims of pleasure and wisdom.
出自: B. Jowett
From the peril of the top to the comparative safety of the mainyard.
出自: C. S. Forester