what is more
what is more adverb: used to introduce a statement which builds on the preceding statement, but expresses a stronger sentiment.
Adverb
what is more (not comparable)
- Used to introduce a statement which builds on the preceding statement, but expresses a stronger sentiment.
- I've done it wrong, and what's more, I don't care.
- I'm the lappet-faced vulture. I'm ugly and bald.
No wonder that everyone looks so appalled.
I have flaps on my face that are wrinkled and pink,
My beak is gigantic and, what's more, I stink.2018, Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, The Ugly Five, London: Alison Green Books, published 2017, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- furthermore, moreover, in addition, more to the point
what is more meaning in Arabic
what is more in Arabic
- furthermore
- عِلَاوَة عَلَى ذٰلِكَ ʕilāwa ʕalā ḏālika
Synonyms of what is more
Forms of what is more
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Questions about what is more
- What does what is more mean?
- What is more means used to introduce a statement which builds on the preceding statement, but expresses a stronger sentiment.
- What is what is more in Arabic?
- What is more in Arabic is عِلَاوَة عَلَى ذٰلِكَ (ʕilāwa ʕalā ḏālika). See What is more meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is what is more?
- What is more is an adverb.
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