all the more

English

Adverb

all the more (not comparable)

1. even more; notably, but even more notably due to additional information, either preceding or following the statement.

   Lytle’s progress as a boxer is all the more remarkable when taking into account his unique circumstances.

   • 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

     London was startled by a crime of singular ferocity and rendered all the more notable by the high position of the victim.

Synonyms

• all the more so

Related terms

• nonetheless
• all the less

Usage notes

"All the more" can also be used to highlight contrast from the given or assumed, as in "You might think that my husband's rudeness to me would turn me off; actually, it just makes me love him all the more.

Translations

even more

• Catalan: encara més (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 越發 (cmn), 越发 (cmn) (yuèfā), 益發 (cmn), 益发 (cmn) (yìfā), 愈益 (cmn) (yùyì), 越加 (cmn) (yuèjiā)

• Finnish: yhä (fi), vieläkin (fi), vielä (fi)
• French: d'autant plus (fr)

• German: um so mehr (de)
• Japanese: なおさら (ja) (naosara), なおもって (ja) (naomotte), なおいっそう (ja) (naoissō)
• Russian: тем более (ru) (tem bóleje), тем паче (ru) (tem páče), (и) подавно (ru) ((i) podávno) (colloquial)