in respect

prepositional phrase

By comparison, comparatively.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. obsoleteBy comparison, comparatively.

    they[…]still think their melancholy to be most grievous, none so bad as they are, though it be nothing in respect[…].

    1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York: New York Review Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 388
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APA

in respect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20respect

MLA

“in respect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20respect. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in respect,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20respect.

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