With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives. Example: It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
With a comparative, and often with for it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated with none. See none the. Example: I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
All clues having "THE"
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You can find a list of possible crossword clues for THE below.