Definition of To a greater extent

1. Adverb. Used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs. "More quickly"

Exact synonyms: More
Antonyms: Less

Lexicographical Neighbors of To A Greater Extent

to-morrows
to-name
to-names
to-night
to-ward
to-whiles
to-year
to a T
to a fare-thee-well
to a fare-you-well
to a fare thee well
to a fare you well
to a fault
to a fine fare-thee-well
to a great extent
to a greater extent (current term)
to a hair
to a higher degree
to a higher place
to a lesser degree
to a lesser extent
to a lower place
to a man
to a nicety
to a tee
to a tittle
to a tolerable degree
to a turn
to advantage
to all intents and purposes

Literary usage of To a greater extent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1890)
"Again, if the other members of the community require certain forms of labour to a greater extent, there is an increase in the demand and a rise in their ..."

2. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"... in the Péloponnèse, they would enjoy their empire moro securely, and to a greater extent, while no one else would ever march against their country. ..."

3. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1855)
"... measure for forcing out the pus to a greater extent than would be spontaneously effected by the collapse or contraction of the surrounding tissues. ..."

4. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1895)
"is not the rule maintained in Massachusetts.1 And, again, one who has acquired a prescriptive right to foul a stream, may not pollute it to a greater extent ..."

5. Retrospective Reviews: A Literary Log by Richard Le Gallienne (1896)
"... in part so solidly founded, and yet now to a greater extent than strict justice can approve almost utterly vanished away.' AT the time of his death, ..."

6. The Principle of Protestantism as Related to the Present State of the Church by Philip Schaff (1845)
"'to a greater extent indeed than the bible, in proportion as the writings in which it is to be found are of greater compass. It is prodigious injustice, ..."

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