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vielmehr

rather

adverb feel-MAYR Less Common
Grammar & Structure Adverbs

Also means

instead

Usage Note

vielmehr introduces a correction or contrast, meaning 'rather' or 'on the contrary', often after a negation: Es war kein Zufall, vielmehr Absicht. It is a fused form of viel + mehr and reads as more formal than the everyday eher.

Examples

"Das ist kein Problem, vielmehr eine Chance."

Natural Translation

That is not a problem, but rather a chance.

Literal Translation

That is no problem, rather a chance.

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