Below you will find example sentences with "relatively small". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Relatively Small in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: relatively
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 12
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 26.5 words

Words in this phrase

relatively small

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • relatively can mean: In a relative manner; with reference to environment or competition; contextually or comparatively. Frequent word
  • small can mean: Not large or big; insignificant; few in number. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 5 start, 13 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

affect a relatively small portion of 1× age were relatively small by modern 1× as a relatively small number of 1× catalog is relatively small with fewer 1× eye is relatively small for its 1× from the relatively small market size 1× growth and relatively small size of 1× had a relatively small part as 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a beaked whale 1× although the spill 1× another downside is 1× at 110 feet 1× but the footprint 1× closing libraries in 1×

Common sentence endings:

are relatively expensive 1× are well developed 1× as greenfield land 1× degree of eyesight 1× embraced the format 1× have been driven 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

large 3× size 3× whale 3× using 3× giraffe 2× part 2× skull 2× retain 2× degree 2× horses 2× inbreeding 2× populations 2×

Related phrases

small businesses small business small boats relatively new small amounts small scale relatively low small towns small amount small town

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around relatively:

relatively new 15× relatively low 12× relatively high 9× relatively few 6× relatively short 6×

Just before it in the phrase index:

relatively short relatively new relatively low relatively high relatively few relatively easy

Just after it in the phrase index:

release announcing release date release dates released pending released shortly releasing new

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

relatively new relatively low relatively easy relatively high relatively few relatively short

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "relatively small" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 26.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as affect a relatively small portion of, age were relatively small by modern, large, size and whale stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with small businesses, small business, small boats, relatively new, relatively low and relatively high, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with relatively small

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

At 110 feet (33 meters), the rocket is relatively small. (10 words)

Another downside is that the catalog is relatively small, with fewer than 100 videos. (14 words)

Closing libraries in Llano county would affect a relatively small portion of Texas’ citizens. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

A beaked whale for example has a small bulge sitting on top of its skull, whereas a sperm whale's head is filled up mainly with the melon.sfnsfnsfnsfn The whale eye is relatively small for its size, yet they do retain a good degree of eyesight. (47 words)

In The Godfather Part II, Aiello had a relatively small part as small-time gangster Tony Rosato but he made the role his own by uttering the famous line, "Michael Corleone says hello!" during a raid on gang rival Frank Pentangel. (41 words)

His mother had died when he was a baby and his father had the farm to run, and the small island in the middle of the Irish Sea was isolated with a relatively small population. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

The intestines of an adult giraffe measure more than convert in length and have a relatively small ratio of small to large intestine. citation The liver of the giraffe is small and compact.

Because of the commercial importance of the fruit, and the slow growth and relatively small size of the tree, olive wood and its products are relatively expensive.

His mother had died when he was a baby and his father had the farm to run, and the small island in the middle of the Irish Sea was isolated with a relatively small population.

In The Godfather Part II, Aiello had a relatively small part as small-time gangster Tony Rosato but he made the role his own by uttering the famous line, "Michael Corleone says hello!" during a raid on gang rival Frank Pentangel.

A beaked whale for example has a small bulge sitting on top of its skull, whereas a sperm whale's head is filled up mainly with the melon.sfnsfnsfnsfn The whale eye is relatively small for its size, yet they do retain a good degree of eyesight.

Horses in the Bronze Age were relatively small by modern standards, which led some theorists to believe the ancient horses were too small to be ridden and so must have been driven.

Inbreeding in small populations Many of the world’s ungulate species exist only in relatively small populations in which some degree of inbreeding inevitably occurs.

In particular, this applies where large numbers of amateur astronomers with small telescopes are more effective than the relatively small number of large telescopes that are available to professional astronomers.

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Most refer to the same small set of topics, and do so using a relatively small set of traditional metaphors.

The facial region of skull is relatively small, with pinnae very small or lacking, and the vibrissae are well developed.

The initial low uptake of MiniDisc was attributed to the small number of pre-recorded albums available on MD as a relatively small number of record labels embraced the format.

The relatively small number of general registers (also inherited from its 8-bit ancestors) has made register-relative addressing (using small immediate offsets) an important method of accessing operands, especially on the stack.

Although the spill is relatively small, covering an area of approximately seventy square meters, authorities activated the emergency plan by deploying floating dams and by using absorbent materials in the polluted area.

Another downside is that the catalog is relatively small, with fewer than 100 videos.

At 110 feet (33 meters), the rocket is relatively small.

But it also stems from the relatively small market size and e-commerce penetration in Latin America.

But the footprint of the development will be relatively small in order to retain most of the site as greenfield land.

But you might hate its relatively small screen that has you squinting when reading or scrolling through social media.

Closing libraries in Llano county would affect a relatively small portion of Texas’ citizens.

Current quantum systems are relatively small, with up to a few dozen qubits, but larger machines with thousands or millions of qubits will be required for many practical applications.

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