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Nearer   /nˈɪrər/   Listen
Nearer

adverb
1.
(comparative of 'near' or 'close') within a shorter distance.  Synonyms: closer, nigher.  "They drew nearer" , "Getting nearer to the true explanation"


Near

adjective
(compar. nearer; superl. nearest)
1.
Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.  Synonyms: close, nigh.  "In the near future" , "They are near equals" , "His nearest approach to success" , "A very near thing" , "A near hit by the bomb" , "She was near tears" , "She was close to tears" , "Had a close call"  Antonym: far.
2.
Being on the left side.  Synonym: nigh.  "The animal's left side is its near or nigh side"
3.
Closely resembling the genuine article.  "A dress of near satin"
4.
Giving or spending with reluctance.  Synonyms: cheeseparing, close, penny-pinching, skinny.  "Very close (or near) with his money" , "A penny-pinching miserly old man"
5.
With or in a close or intimate relationship.  Synonyms: dear, good.  "My sisters and brothers are near and dear"
6.
Very close in resemblance.  Synonym: approximate.  "A near likeness"



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"Nearer" Quotes from Famous Books



... disunited, Torn from every nearer tie, Seared in heart, and lone, and blighted, More than this I ...
— English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. - How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. • Graham Everitt
... a sudden move toward Marjorie as though to lay violent hold upon her. The other masked figures also took a step nearer. Marjorie braced herself to meet an attack, if it came to that. There was a steady light in her brown eyes which the Scarlet Mask did not miss seeing. She contented herself with stopping short directly in front of Marjorie and staring fixedly at her. The effect of two malignant ...
— Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore • Pauline Lester
... and before its leaves, which turn yellow, not black, in autumn, have fallen. Another distinguishing feature is that its small, greenish-white staminate flowers grow on long, very slender pedicels; whereas the solitary fertile flowers are much nearer the stern. ...
— Wild Flowers, An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and - Their Insect Visitors - - Title: Nature's Garden • Neltje Blanchan
... Nearer to the fire lay a neatly done-up pack, and beside it a high-pommeled Mexican saddle, while the firelight gleamed on the polished barrels of a fine shotgun and rifle leaning against ...
— The Boy Chums in the Forest - or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades • Wilmer M. Ely
... his own soldiers, who now forced us towards the part of the square where the other victims were collected. As soon as we were there, they wanted to blind our eyes, but that both I and Bob positively refused, and a delay was created by our resistance. The musketry was now approaching much nearer; and a few seconds afterwards the general gave the order for the party to advance who ...
— Percival Keene • Frederick Marryat


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