moreover
- 1Used to introduce a further point in addition to what has already been stated.
The proposal is expensive; moreover, it offers no clear benefit to existing customers.
She had no experience in the field. Moreover, her references could not be verified.
Similaralso, furthermore, additionally, further, again
Note
A compound that still shows its seams: Middle English more plus over, spelled several ways (moreovere, morover, mare over) before settling into one word. As a conjunctive adverb it links whole clauses. It can open a sentence, follow a semicolon, or sit mid-clause between commas, as in Quine's "It can be answered, moreover, in a word." When it joins two independent clauses, put a semicolon before it, not a comma.
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English moreover (also spelled moreovere and morover), equivalent to a combination of more and over.