Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

more so

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.13 in modern English

Syllables: more -so
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

Example Sentences

"She was always shy in such circumstances and was always afraid of new people, and was even more so now."

Inflected Forms

moreso (alternative) more-so (alternative)

Phrases

a fortiori

Frequently Paired Words

a fortiori

Questions

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

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