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Determiner
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A larger amount.
He does more work than I do.
A lot more than twenty people came to the meeting.
You can have a little more money.
More than one glass was broken.
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I want more soup.
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Adverb
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Having a larger amount of a characteristic in a group.
Pat is more intelligent than Terry.
arid
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adjective
(= waterless)
lacking sufficient water or rainfall
an arid climate
a waterless well
miles of waterless country to cross
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adjective
(= desiccate, desiccated)
lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata
a desiccate romance
a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery
— C.J.Rolo