Belonging to a distinct and definite class.
By this; for this; to this extent; a modifier of words in the comparative degree; as, the sooner the better; i. e., by as much as it is sooner, by so much it will be better.
168 Traductio, or the tranlater. – The Arte of English Poesie by George Puttenham
The better, I do think. – The Seaboard Parish Volume 1 by George MacDonald
What- what- what is the matter? – The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton by Wardon Allan Curtis