more of a something Definition

more
adj

1. Greater; additional.

Example: He has more clothes than me
Example: Don't use more than two bags
Thesaurus: additional, further, extra, other, expanded, increased, augmented, enhanced, added ; Antonym: less.

adverb

1. Used to form the comparative form of many adjectives and most adverbs, especially those of two or more syllables.

Example: a more difficult problem
Example: Drive more carefully
2. To a greater degree; with a greater frequency.

Example: I miss him more than ever
Thesaurus: in addition, increasingly, also, likewise.
3. Again.

Example: Do it once more

pronoun

1. A greater, or additional, number or quantity of people or things. See also most.

Example: If we run out, I'll have to order more

Idiom: more and more

Increasingly; continuing to increase.

Idiom: more of a something

Better described as or closer to being (a specified thing).
Example: more of a painter than a writer

Idiom: more or less

Almost.
Example: more or less finished

Roughly.
Example: It'll take two hours, more or less

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon mara greater.