to a greater extent

to a greater extent
adverb
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs (Freq. 1)
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more interesting

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more beautiful

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more quickly

Syn: ↑more
Ant: ↑less (for: ↑more)

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used for saying that something is less true/​more true than a previous statement

A child’s values come from its parents and, to a lesser extent, from its schooling.

Thesaurus: slightly, to some degree and not completelysynonym
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