How to Use comparably in a Sentence

comparably

adverb
Definition of comparablynext
  • At $145, the golf shoes are priced comparably to the other picks in Allbirds' lineup.
    — Ellen McAlpine, Men's Health, 10 May 2023
  • This ancient beast’s comparably small skull likely housed a small brain—but with a body that large, brains were just a side note to survival.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2023
  • They’re comparably priced, but the bowl at Bafang was a bit more generous and had more spice, as well as a couple of fat chunks of tender radish.
    — Lucas Kwan Peterson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2023
  • The only downside is that the comparably smaller water basin can only hold about a minute to a minute-and-a-half worth of flossing time.
    — Steven Rowe, Verywell Health, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Despite the drop, Anthony’s streams kept comparably steady at over 2.5 million per day, suggesting the song could have legs in the Top 10 in the weeks ahead.
    — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The colors across the two books were very subtly different and leaning on the warmer side, but were still crisp and comparably accurate to the source files.
    — Valerie Walsh, wsj.com, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Ole Miss’ speed was a problem for a Kentucky team that hadn’t seen a comparably fleet and aggressive group of running backs.
    — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Only twice before have the numbers ever been comparably this bad over a two-week stretch.
    — Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Where the Pro Angler is wide, heavy, and tricky to maneuver, the Mirage Outback is fast, nimble, and comparably light.
    — Ben Duchesney, Field & Stream, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The lesson: strong flavors seem to call for comparably strong flavors.
    — Bill Buford, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2021
  • For all their troubles this season, the Lakers have recently seen an uptick in results at home while the Suns have proved a comparably weak road side.
    — Nick Hennion, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The practice could be useful for workers across the globe, even those who don’t live in the comparably happy and well-paid European countries.
    — Jane Thier, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Even when audiences catch him walking through Lee's house in the background of an early moment in the movie, that's not played by Cage himself, but rather a comparably tall stand-in.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 14 July 2024
  • But a look at early state polls shows that their campaigns have been performing comparably.
    — Alex Tabet, NBC News, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Has Johnson made any himself, even with a comparably high-profile cast?
    — A.a. Dowd, Chron, 12 May 2023
  • In rehearsals of the Shostakovich, for instance, the basses were instructed to slice a bit harder and bow a bit more quickly — a move that almost surmounted the hall’s comparably stingy lows.
    — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The race to serve out the remaining two years in the east-side district vacated by now-state Sen. Forrest Dunbar is comparably one-sided in terms of fundraising.
    — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Still, as Burke notes, even scholars like himself can be comparably unaware, albeit in a more subtle way.
    — Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2023
  • According to Medero, the K-Briq will be comparably priced to conventional bricks.
    — Rebecca Cairns, CNN, 27 Apr. 2021
  • But in a state where high school football notoriously reigns supreme, the game itself felt comparably small.
    — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2021
  • Somehow, New Jersey has managed to pack all of that into its comparably pocket size.
    — Rose Marie Walano, Country Living, 9 Aug. 2023
  • However, this slow-down happened much later in life than comparably sized (think shrew-to-rat sized) mammals alive today.
    — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024
  • The candidates in the citywide race for attorney general are spending comparably to those in the mayor’s race.
    — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Furthermore, HeatWave does this at over half the price of a comparably sized Aurora instance.
    — Steve McDowell, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Now, those same offenses have to battle a defense that is comparably superior to each of those teams.
    — Nick Hennion, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Often compared to cashmere, merino is comparably soft while more durable and more resistant to pilling.
    — L. Daniela Alvarez, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Yet even there, 27 percent report religion is very important in their lives, more than double the rate in comparably rich parts of Europe.
    — Samuel Goldman, The Week, 22 Sep. 2021
  • For glam, Ora left it comparably simple, sporting neutral makeup and a messy updo.
    — Genevieve Cepeda, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Goat’s Horn With Red is comparably lively, undulating like the tide.
    — Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
  • But teaching robots to autonomously live and work alongside us is a comparably huge data problem.
    — Hans Peter Brondmo, WIRED, 10 Sep. 2024

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