a fortiori
adverb
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Pronunciation: /ˌeɪ ˌfɔːɹtiˈɔːɹaɪ/ / /ˌeɪ ˌfɔːɹtiˈɔːɹi/ / /ˌɑː-/
adj
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Medieval Latin ā fortiōrī.
- With stronger or greater reason; as a corollary implied by a stronger claim; even more so; all the more so; so much the more.
adv
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Medieval Latin ā fortiōrī.
- With stronger or greater reason; as a corollary implied by a stronger claim.
“Now starting and stopping cannot themselves have starts or stops, or, a fortiori, middles either.”
“We're bound to accept an a fortiori claim because of our prior acceptance of a weaker application of the same reasoning. Frank can't run to the store in less than five minutes, and the restaurant is several blocks further away than the store. Thus, a fortiori, Frank can't run to the restaurant in less than five minutes.”