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A fortiori

//ˌeɪ ˌfɔːɹtiˈɔːɹaɪ// adj, adv

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    With stronger or greater reason; as a corollary implied by a stronger claim; even more so; all the more so; so much the more. rhetoric
Adverb
  1. 1
    With stronger or greater reason; as a corollary implied by a stronger claim. rhetoric

    "Now starting and stopping cannot themselves have starts or stops, or, a fortiori, middles either."

Adverb
  1. 1
    with greater reason; for a still stronger, more certain reason wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from Medieval Latin ā fortiōrī.

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from Medieval Latin ā fortiōrī.

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