His father died when he was seven and the family had to live in relative poverty from then on.
The rest of his life he spent in relative poverty.
He lived on, in relative poverty, for a further six years until 1694.
In the first few days, too, I was made to realize my relative poverty.
An honest man, he would spend the last years of his life in relative poverty.
But he also attempts to make an asset of his relative poverty.
They lived in relative poverty but held huge parties that were famous throughout the city.
His final days were spent in relative poverty and obscurity.
Not relative poverty, compared, say, to a typical Western family.
Among other things, she had thrown Marcus's relative poverty in his face.