comparably

adverb

com·​pa·​ra·​bly ˈkäm-p(ə-)rə-blē 

 also  kəm-ˈpa-rə-bəl,

-ˈper-ə-

1

: in a comparable or similar way

The Great Recession ended in the summer of 2009. Since then, the U.S. economy has been growing, but most incomes have not grown comparably.

—David Frum

Other laptops in the same class were priced comparably …

—Hal Nieburg

2

: by comparison : in relation to what is being compared

… even the largest crowds, during the afternoon rush, were comparably smaller than a year before.

—Faiz Siddiqui

Examples of comparably in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Former United prospect Mason Greenwood made a comparably headline-grabbing switch to Marseille last summer. —Tom Williams, New York Times, 9 June 2025

In many ways, this is comparable to how AIs in driverless cars perform comparably to human drivers. —Paul Hsieh, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025

And unlike the video streaming marketplace, where Netflix, Max, Disney+, Paramount+, Peacock and others all have vastly different content libraries and strategies, the streaming music sector is comparably commoditized, with essentially the same songs on every platform. —Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025

California saw comparably negligible re-offense rates among similar populations. —Elizabeth Hinton, Hartford Courant, 20 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for comparably

• incomparably