Moreover
[mɔːr'əʊvə] or [mɔr'ovɚ]
Definition
(adv.) Beyond what has been said; further; besides; in addition; furthermore; also; likewise.
Typist: Marion
Synonyms and Synonymous
conj. & ad. Besides, further, also, likewise, too, furthermore, more than that, over and above that.
Typist: Shelby
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Besides, also, likewise, furthermore,[See LIKEWISE]
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Definition
adv. more over or beyond what has been said: further: besides: also.
Checker: Lyman
Examples
- Moreover, he felt he was seen through, and Peter grew black as a thunder-cloud. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Moreover, a priest is a man vowed, trained, and consecrated, a man belonging to a special corps, and necessarily with an intense _esprit de corps_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Moreover, and what was the heaviest blow of all, he had time, thus unmolested, to get a good start. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mrs. Fisher, moreover, had no embarrassing curiosity. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Moreover, at this instant, I had good reason to believe the provoking little reptile was actually in the arms of some frail, very frail, French woman. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Moreover, Lydgate did not like the consciousness that in voting for Tyke he should be voting on the side obviously convenient for himself. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Moreover, the healthy spirits who had mounted to this sublime height were attractive to many of the Gradgrind school. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Moreover, the discovery of capacity and aptitude will be a constant process as long as growth continues. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Moreover, opportunity for making mistakes is an incidental requirement. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Moreover, a special type of wire had been put up for the single circuit of two hundred and eighty miles between New York and Washington. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Moreover it is intrinsic to the disposition of the person, not external and coercive. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Moreover, Egypt was a part of the Turkish empire, by no means a contemptible power in those days. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The journey would moreover give her a peep at Jane; and, in short, as the time drew near, she would have been very sorry for any delay. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Moreover, we know nowadays that even a universal education of this sort supplies only the basis for a healthy republican state. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Moreover, only the heads of the grain are cut, the straw being left standing. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Moreover, in the case of animals which wander much about and cross freely, their varieties seem to be generally confined to distinct regions. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Moreover, between each successive formation we have, in the opinion of most geologists, blank periods of enormous length. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The latter was moreover an object of considerable suspicion. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Moreover, the formation is not only a formation of native activities, but it takes place through them. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The child, moreover, was really exceptional. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Moreover, the majority of human beings still lack economic freedom. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Moreover, I shall feel bound to give you every assistance, in the use of horses, servants, &c. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Moreover, I have done no wrong, and have injured no man. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Great as is the force at work, ages are required to produce a range of mountains like the Cordilleras; moreover, progress is not uniform and subsid ence may alternate with elevation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Moreover, the curriculum must be planned with reference to placing essentials first, and refinements second. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Moreover, she is a sweet girl--rather thoughtless; but you would have sufficient thought for both yourself and her. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He was far riper in experience and practice of his art than any other telegrapher of his age, and had acquired, moreover, no little knowledge of the practical business of life. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Moreover to light a fire is the instinctive and resistant act of man when, at the winter ingress, the curfew is sounded throughout Nature. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- And moreover, she was afraid her hands were too large, she shrank from the mortification of a failure to put them on any but her little finger. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Moreover the engine moved scarcely faster than a horse’s walk, and the expense of running it was very little less than the cost of horse-power. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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