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NEARER
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(comparative of 'near' or 'close') within a shorter distance
Example:
getting nearer to the true explanation
Synonyms:
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Domain usage:
comparative; comparative degree (the comparative form of an adjective or adverb)
Context examples:
This upward current brought the nitrates nearer to the surface, where phytoplankton, which also need sunlight, tend to live.
(Scientists report skyrocketing phyotplankton population in aftermath of Kīlauea eruption, Wikinews)
Then the mountains seemed to come nearer to us on each side and to frown down upon us; we were entering on the Borgo Pass.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
That upon coming nearer, and finding his error, he sent out his long-boat to discover what it was; that his men came back in a fright, swearing they had seen a swimming house.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
It has connected him nearer with virtue than with any other feeling.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Yet, as I drew nearer home, grief and fear again overcame me.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Thank you, but I would rather you did not mention the subject to her; till the time draws nearer, I do not wish to be giving any body trouble.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
But still the incident had brought him nearer.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
I had an old mother there, lad, who had come down thither from the Midlands to be the nearer her son.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He led her nearer the light and looked at her again—inquired particularly after her health, and then, correcting himself, observed that he need not inquire, for her appearance spoke sufficiently on that point.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
"Much nearer thirty," said her husband.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
