Meanings
moreso1
- nonstandardnot comparableNonstandard spelling of more so.
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 303 more examples
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 1Consequently, he concluded, new arrangements are necessary and will become moreso in future.
2000, Conrad Totman, A History of Japan, page 337The 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
moreso2
alternative more so · alternative more-so
- colloquialnot comparablelikely proscribedMore than anything/anything else, rather.First known use the 2020s c.?
Though it did add some cool new QoL features, last week's was moreso a balance update.
… last week's was more than anything else a balance update.
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It's not quite he got angry and then left, it's moreso he got frustrated and then left.
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moreso. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moreso
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