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German
Pronunciation
Adverb
vielmehr
- rather
1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 36:Er lächelte oder wollte vielmehr lächeln, denn plötzlich fühlte er seine Lippen zucken, Tränen stiegen ihm in die Augen, und er konnte sich eben noch mit Mühe zurückhalten, laut aufzuschluchzen.- He smiled or rather wanted to smile, because suddenly he felt his lips twitching, tears rose to his eyes, and only with difficulty he could hold onto himself so as not to give a loud sob.
Conjunction
vielmehr
- on the contrary
Further reading
- “vielmehr” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache