Definition of "dearer" []

• Comparative form of dear: more dear (adjective)
• Comparative form of dearly: more dearly (adverb)

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• "A name, better than of sons, a name dearer than of daughters,"
• "May this story of her life serve to increase their number and so to render her name dearer still."
• "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.”"