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
It follows that a parapet is thick enough if it suffices to stop rifle bullets, since the same thickness will a fortiori keep out shrapnel bullets or splinters of shell.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
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
He certainly did not fix the Coming of the Bridegroom at the Consecration Prayer, a fortiori to any one particular word of it.
From Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England by Charles L. (Charles Latimer) Marson
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