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moreso en · ADJ · etymology 1

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, nonstandard, not-comparable) Nonstandard spelling of more so.
    alt of more so
    • Food and other essential resources are limited, and are likely to become moreso. 1969, Nels Anderson, “The Uses and Worth of Language”, in Nels Anderson, editor, Studies in Multilingualism, E. J. Brill, page 1:
    • Consequently, he concluded, new arrangements are necessary and will become moreso in future. 2000, Conrad Totman, A History of Japan, page 337:
    • The investment environment in the seven years immediately preceding the 1987 crash was as favorable, if not moreso, than the years prior to the 1929 crash. 2004, Jeffrey B. Little, Understanding Wall Street, page 140:
    • We grow more like ourselves in our past, only moreso. 1997, Hana S. Noor Al-Deen, Cross-Cultural Communication and Aging in the United States, page 30:

moreso en · ADV · etymology 2

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, not-comparable, qualifier: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

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more so alternative lexicographic
more-so alternative lexicographic

Relateds

less so · alot