1. (状态)相对的，比较而言的
You use comparative to show that you are judging something against a previous or different situation. For example, comparative calm is a situation which is calmer than before or calmer than the situation in other places.

1. the comparative form of an adjective or adverb

e.g. `faster' is the comparative of the adjective `fast'
`less famous' is the comparative degree of the adjective `famous'
`more surely' is the comparative of the adverb `surely'

Synonym: comparative degree