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What is "comparably"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
comparably
adverb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Earnings have risen comparably in the computer industry.
▪ The Senate's vote followed a comparably strong vote in the House of Representatives.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Both are comparably effective - the Rock Lobbers being more destructive while the Doom Divers are more accurate.
▪ In this respect at least, Mozart resembles his comparably productive contemporary Joseph Haydn.
▪ It is most unlikely that such behaviour had never previously been observed with comparably simple systems.
▪ It makes a fine coupling for the E flat Quartet, being of a comparably sunny disposition.
▪ Moreover, the potentiation produced by arachidonic acid is comparably slow to develop.
▪ Most studies have, however, reported that cyclosporin A comparably inhibited renal prostaglandin formation.
▪ Under López-Cobos in these early symphonies the playing is comparably fresh and lively.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Comparably

Comparable \Com"pa*ra*ble\, a. [L. comparabilis: cf. F. comparable.] Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison.

There is no blessing of life comparable to the enjoyment of a discreet and virtuous friend.
--Addison. -- Com"pa*ra*ble*ness, n. -- Com"pa*ra*bly, adv.

Wiktionary
comparably

adv. In a comparable manner

WordNet
comparably

adv. in a comparable manner or to a comparable degree; "you will have to work comparably harder" [ant: incomparably]

Usage examples of "comparably".

Fairy tales and religious allegories have existed since time immemorial, but the particular literature or point of view that we call Fantasy is, despite all eager efforts to prove the opposite, a comparably new occurrence, that appeared during the nineteenth century with works like Lewis Carroll's (Charles L.

Comparably, among hunting tribes with their rites based on mythologies of covenants with the animal world, a reciprocity is recognized that extends the bounds of concern of the human spirit to include much more than its own most immediate interests.