relative comfort

collocation in English

meaningsofrelativeandcomfort

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relative
adjective
uk
/ˈrel.ə.tɪv/us
/ˈrel.ə.t̬ɪv/
being judged or measured in comparison with ...
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comfort
noun
uk
/ˈkʌm.fət/us
/ˈkʌm.fɚt/
a pleasant feeling of being relaxed and free ...
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(Definition ofrelativeandcomfortfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrelative comfort

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With the clearer chapter structure and headers now appearing on each page, we can navigate the book withrelativecomfort.
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But men work in manufacturing industry inrelativecomfortand in relative safety; men work underground in great stress and danger.
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We sit here and have our debate inrelativecomfort, but they do not know what the day will bring forth.
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In these cases, however, special bedded units with access to water have been designed so that the animals can be transported inrelativecomfort.
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I agree that this is onlyrelativecomfort, but it shows that employers are conscious of their responsibilities towards it.
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He is also still at a tax disadvantage compared with those who set up homes overseas inrelativecomfort.
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About 400 million people in 20 countries live inrelativecomfort.
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He is living quietly and inrelativecomfortin his place of restriction.
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I hope that our women and children will be evacuated at an early date, and proper arrangements will be made to bring them home inrelativecomfort.
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By this device, and it was only a device, a reasonable income was allowed to him to live out his few remaining years inrelativecomfort.
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Used in this context, cars offer commuters therelativecomfortof single-mode travel, while significantly reducing the financial and environmental costs.
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He suggests they continue on their way and discuss things inrelativecomfort.
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She seems to have lived out the rest of her days in obscurity andrelativecomfortwith her second husband.
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They spent the night inrelativecomfortand all descended safely the next morning.
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Large corporations maintain the environmental, social and economic structure of the city, while the populace live inrelativecomfort.
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The different landscape allows therelativecomfortfor animals in their artificial habitat.
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Both comedians fell into their old double act withrelativecomfort.
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The fortune enabled him to write full-time inrelativecomfort.
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Organizers arranged the stage so that attendees could watch the bands from therelativecomfortof the lake.
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