all the more
Adverb
Meaning
all the more (not comparable)
Even more; notably, but even more notably due to additional information, either preceding or following the statement.
Lytle’s progress as a boxer is all the more remarkable when taking into account his unique circumstances.
I had to work all the harder with two people off sick.
If your crush likes football, that's all the more reason for coming with us to the game tomorrow night!
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The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both.
Yield not to misfortunes, but advance all the more boldly against them.
Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost.
O woman-country wooed not wed, Loved all the more by earth's male-lands, Laid to their hearts instead.
It is almost always impossible to evaluate at the time events which you have already experienced, and to understand their meaning with the guidance of their effects. All the more unpredictable and surprising to us will be the course of future events.
Whoever has bitten a sour apple will enjoy the sweet one all the more.