Adverbial use expressing a moderate degree; often interchangeable with 比較的 or かなり.
It's rather warm today, isn't it?
rate; ratio; percentage; proportion
Noun use referring to a comparative measure or share; less common than the adverbial sense.
This movie was quite interesting.
Decide the proportion of profits.
Calculated by ratio, it comes to 1,000 yen per person.
Standard kanji spelling.
Variant spelling without okurigana.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling.
Compound of 割り (wari, 'division') + 方 (kata, 'way, method'), literally 'way of dividing'. The adverbial sense developed from the idea of 'in a divided manner' → 'proportionally' → 'comparatively'.