THE
/ði/
6
Scrabble
5
WWF
T(1) H(4) E(1)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/ði/
adverb
- With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.“It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.”
- With a comparative, and often with for it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated with none. See none the.“I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.”
Source: Wiktionary
