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more so

more so adjective: contextual comparative. Modifies another adjective (to which the "so" is a direct anaphoric reference), indicating a greater degree of the quality in question.

Adjective

more so (not comparable)

  1. Contextual comparative. Modifies another adjective (to which the "so" is a direct anaphoric reference), indicating a greater degree of the quality in question.
    • She was always shy in such circumstances and was always afraid of new people, and was even more so now.1866, Fyodor Dostoevsky (original), Crime and Punishment, page 251

Forms of more so

alternative formmoreso
alternative formmore-so

Questions about more so

What does more so mean?
More so means contextual comparative. Modifies another adjective (to which the "so" is a direct anaphoric reference), indicating a greater degree of the quality in question.
What part of speech is more so?
More so is an adjective.

Words near more so in the dictionary

  1. more power to your elbow
  2. more royalist than the king
  3. more sacks on the mill
  4. more sacks to the mill
  5. more sauce than meat
  6. more so
  7. more suo
  8. more tea, vicar
  9. more than eleven
  10. more than friends
  11. more than likely

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