Sentence:  Lincoln understood this <WSD>better</WSD> than most when he said in his `` Second Inaugural '' that God `` gives to both North and South this terrible war , as the woe due to those by whom the offense came '' . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.