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Searching the meaning of まだしも in a Japanese-Japanese dictionary called "三省堂
スーパー大辞林", the following definition (with examples) came up:

> 十分とはいえないが， **どちらかといえばむしろ** 。「あやまるなら―，開き直って言い返してきた」「雨ならば，―雪の方がありがたい」

In an attempt to translate the text in bold, I came up with "If anything,
rather" which makes no sense. Consulting Google Translate (which, I know, is
known to be unreliable sometimes) gave similar results.

I pretty much know what まだしも means after searching different sources, but I
still have no idea what どちらかといえばむしろ is.
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What does "どちらかといえばむしろ" mean here?
Thanks to the comments, this finally clicked for me. どちらかといえば (if anything) +
むしろ (A rather than B) = if anything, A rather than B. In hindsight, this was
really straightforward.
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