Definition:
ad. in addition; moreover; still further
Example:
The guy was about forty, Reacher guessed, and furthermore Reacher guessed he had gotten to be about forty by staying relentlessly aware of everything.
Sentence in Classic:
And furthermore, the Prince had a nightingale, who could sing in such a manner that it seemed as though all sweet melodies dwelt in her little throat.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
ContextHe had refused to permit it and stated heatedly that she had no more sense than a June bug and furthermore it gave him the fidgets to be around her longer than five minutes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
ContextNo, thought I, there must be some sober reason for this thing; furthermore, it must symbolize something unseen.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
ContextFurthermore, wicked people are now trying to murder his only son Telemachus, who is coming home from Pylos and Lacedaemon, where he has been to see if he can get news of his father.
Furthermore, he was much afraid that some arrow of scorn might lay him mentally low before he could raise his protecting tale.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
ContextFurthermore, to no class is the indiscriminate endorsement of the recent course of the South toward Negroes more nauseating than to the best thought of the South.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
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