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moreso

moreso is the nonstandard spelling of more so.

Meaning of more so

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

Adverb

moreso (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial, likely proscribed) More than anything/anything else, rather.
    • Though it did add some cool new QoL features, last week's was moreso a balance update.
    • It's not quite he got angry and then left, it's moreso he got frustrated and then left.

Forms of moreso

alternative formmore so
alternative formmore-so

Questions about moreso

What does moreso mean?
Moreso means more than anything/anything else, rather.
What is moreso the nonstandard spelling of?
Moreso is the nonstandard spelling of more so.
What part of speech is moreso?
Moreso is an adverb.

Words near moreso in the dictionary

  1. Moresby
  2. Moresby Parks
  3. Morescan
  4. Moresco
  5. Moresnet
  6. moreso
  7. moresome
  8. moresomes
  9. Moresque
  10. Moresques
  11. Moret

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Adapted from Wiktionary: moreso (page history and authors); more so (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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