Used to soften a statement by comparing to an implicit standard or expectation. Often appears before adjectives and verbs.
今日は比較的暖かいですね。
It's relatively warm today, isn't it?
この問題は比較的簡単に解けた。
I was able to solve this problem comparatively easily.
This restaurant is relatively cheap.
A relatively large number of students agreed with this opinion.
The meeting ended relatively early.