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closer

/ˈkloʊ.sɚ/ adverb A2
  1. Within a shorter distance. · Come closer, my dear.
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It was easy to see that no doubt now remained in the young girl’s mind as to the reality of the scene; her eyes started with terror, her hands trembled, and she rapidly drew the bedclothes closer to her.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 993 · C1
“Everything’s got a moral, if only you can find it.” And she squeezed herself up closer to Alice’s side as she spoke.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 67 · B2
At twenty he left for New York with a flowing necktie and a capital tied up somewhat closer.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 1 · C1
And on the gentlemen’s approaching, one of the girls moved closer to her than ever, and said, in a whisper,--
Pride and Prejudice, p. 320 · B2

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