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

Swift’s music, though operating in a completely different sphere, functions comparably. —Becca Bratcher, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025

Boston has, at times, held a reputation as a city that shuts down comparably early. —State House News Service, Boston Herald, 12 Aug. 2025

An earlier version of the Muse S performed comparably to standard laboratory sleep-testing equipment. —IEEE Spectrum, 15 July 2025

Both are wearing the same brands of clothing, and are comparably dressed. —Harmon Kong, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for comparably

• incomparably