connective N1 uncommon written

〜にも増して — more than ~

〜にも増して・にもまして

Meaning

more than ~ / even more than ~ / above all — surpassing a previous benchmark or all others

今年ことしの夏なつは例年れいねんにも増まして暑あつい。

This summer is even hotter than in an average year.

Attaches to	Form	Example
Noun	N + にも増まして. Set phrase 何なににも増まして 'above all, more than anything'	以前いぜんにも増まして / 誰だれにも増まして

When: Written/formal; ranks the current case above a prior reference point.

何なににも増まして、健康けんこうが一番いちばん大切たいせつだ。

Above all else, health matters most.

彼かれは以前いぜんにも増まして仕事しごとに打うち込こんでいる。

He's throwing himself into his work even more than before.

Jengo shows 〜にも増して the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.

Sources Compiled from published Japanese grammar references.