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===adverb===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μᾶλλον]].

[[I had rather]] (with infin.): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[βούλομαι μᾶλλον]], or [[verse|V.]] [[βούλομαι]] alone ([[Euripides|Eur.]], ''[[Andromache]]'' 351).

[[somewhat]]: with adj. and adv., use [[comparative]].

[[rather weak]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀσθενέστερος]].

[[nay rather]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μὲν οὖν]].

[[let someone come forward and prove to me]] or [[rather to you that I am not speaking the truth]]: [[prose|P.]] [[παρελθών τις ἐμοί]], [[μᾶλλον δὲ ὑμῖν δειξάτω]] [[ὡς οὐκ ἀληθῆ ταῦτ' ἐγὼ λέγω]] ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 20).
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