more so
adj1
Contextual comparative. Modifies another adjective (to which the "so" is a direct anaphoric reference), indicating a greater degree of the quality in question.
- She was always shy in such circumstances and was always afraid of new people, and was even more so now.1866, Fyodor Dostoevsky (original), Crime and Punishment, page 251:
- Related terms
- a fortiori