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  • adjective comparative form of dear: more dear
  • adverb comparative form of dearly: more dearly

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Examples

  • A name, better than of sons, a name dearer than of daughters,

    The Christian Home Samuel Philips

  • May this story of her life serve to increase their number and so to render her name dearer still.

    The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss Prentiss, George L 1882

  • May this story of her life serve to increase their number and so to render her name dearer still.

    The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss George L. Prentiss 1859

  • He wrote, “The Polish Jew with his filthy fur hat, his infested beard, garlic-laden breath, and his jargon is dearer to me than many a German Jew in all the majesty of his government bonds.”

    Emancipation Michael Goldfarb 2009

  • The fact that we had not heard of him then makes his name dearer to me now as I recall that eventful incident, for Charles Sumner shall be numbered with the elect and precious who shall inquire of the King in that day: "Lord, when saw we thee a hungered and fed thee? or thirsty and gave thee drink?

    " Eagle Clippings " by Jack Thorne, Newspaper Correspondent and Story Teller, A Collection of His Writings to Various Newspapers 1863

  • "I doubt we have the moments for that, my dear, but I thank you for an expression dearer than words."

    The Magi'i Of Cyador Modesitt, L. E. 2000

  • There was no name dearer to Englishmen than that of Poerio to his Neapolitan fellow-countrymen.

    The Grand Old Man Cook, Richard B 1989

  • There was no name dearer to Englishmen than that of Poerio to his

    The Grand Old Man Richard B. Cook

  • Eternal, I.have been there to hallow them; where the weak have suffered long without complaint, where the dying have to the last, last breath held one name dearer than all; where innocence hath stayed guilt, and darkest injuries been forgiven, there ever am I. Fairy, shall I.dwell with Ada? '

    Dawn Harriet A. Adams

  • But the steadier his work, and the greater his enjoyment of it, the dearer was his liberty, and the keener his delight in the world around him.

    Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864

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