a fortiori
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of a fortiori
Latin
Example Sentences
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"That said... that does not mean that the individuals who were targeted, and a fortiori the person who died, were themselves involved in trafficking. I want to be absolutely clear on that".
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
For, after all, is it not by now conceded that, a fortiori, if marzeydoats and doazey-doats then the invariable corallary is habeas corpus mandamus potatus?
From Time Magazine Archive
So a fortiori rice does not conform to the climate of northern Japan, where the frost arrives often very early and the whole crop is thereby damaged, except a few precocious varieties.
From An Introduction to the History of Japan by Katsuro Hara
The care of God for man is generally argued, a fortiori, from His care for inferior creatures.
From Conversion of a High Priest into a Christian Worker by M. (Meletios) Golden
I am struck more than ever I was with the hopelessness of us English, and a fortiori the Germans, ever competing with the French in matters of form or finite taste of any sort.
From Notes of a Son and Brother by Henry James
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