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/mɔːɹ/ adverb B1
  1. To a greater degree or extent. · I like cake, but I like chocolate more.· I could no more climb that than fly!
  2. Used to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs. · You're a great deal more beautiful than I ever imagined.· I am much more eager to help than you.
  3. In negative constructions: any further, any longer; any more.
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Elizabeth listened, wondered, doubted, and was impatient for more.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 278 · B2
In the former were many good paintings: but Elizabeth knew nothing of the art; and from such as had been already visible below, she had willingly turned to look at some drawings of Miss Darcy’s, in crayons, whose subjects were usually more interesting, and also more intelligible.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 279 · B2
“Never mind it, for I see you once more,” said the old man; “and now it’s all over—everything is all right again.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 14 · C1
“I say no more than the truth, and what everybody will say that knows him,” replied the other.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 277 · B2

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