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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.
artful
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adjective
marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft
the artful dodger
an artful choice of metaphors
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adjective
(= disingenuous)
not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time
— David Cannadine
a disingenuous excuse