qualitative

[ kwol-i-tey-tiv ]

/ ˈkwɒl ɪˌteɪ tɪv /

pertaining to or concerned with quality or qualities.

Origin of qualitative

1600–10; < Late Latin quālitātīvus, equivalent to quālitāt- (stem of quālitās) quality + -īvus -ive

qual·i·ta·tive·ly, adverb non·qual·i·ta·tive, adjective non·qual·i·ta·tive·ly, adverb

qualitative quantitative

The threats of the late 2010s will be qualitatively different.

New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Hide From Russian Radar |Bill Sweetman |April 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
That was a qualitatively different thing, and I opposed it from the start.

When Liberals Enable Tyrants |Michael Tomasky |September 6, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The novel is read neither quantitatively nor qualitatively in Spain.

Russia: Its People and Its Literature |Emilia Pardo Bazán
The labor force is numerically redundant but qualitatively inadequate for the needs of modern industry.

Area Handbook for Romania |Eugene K. Keefe, Donald W. Bernier, Lyle E. Brenneman, William Giloane, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole

On the Internet, we come closer to what emerges as a qualitatively new form of human interaction.

The Civilization of Illiteracy |Mihai Nadin
It seems as if we had really gone from bad to worse, not qualitatively—we couldn't—but quantitatively.

Imaginary Interviews |W. D. Howells
Hegel's limitations are qualitatively those of Harrison, who argues that I and he are similar in kind.

The Wonder |J. D. Beresford

qualitative

/ (ˈkwɒlɪtətɪv, -ˌteɪ-) /

involving or relating to distinctions based on quality or qualities Compare quantitative

qualitatively, adverb