Dearer Meaning
/dˈɪrər/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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adjcomparative form of dear: more dear
"Had my friend's Muse grown with this growing age, / A dearer birth than this his love had brought, / To march in ranks of better equipage"— 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 32”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
advcomparative form of dearly: more dearly
"Those lines that I before have writ do lie, / Even those that said I could not love you dearer"— 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 115”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
Sentence Examples
Gasoline only gets dearer.
I hold you ever dearer.
There are some friends who are dearer to me than others.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Family is ____ to me than any material wealth or possession.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Gasoline only gets ____.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Family is ____ to me than any material wealth or possession.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Gasoline only gets ____.