nearer
/ˈnɪɹɚ/ adjective C2- Less distant; comparative form of near: more near. · There are two pubs in the town; the nearer one is about a five-minute walk away.
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It was so large a house, that she did not like to go nearer till she had nibbled some more of the lefthand bit of mushroom, and raised herself to about two feet high: even then she walked up towards it rather timidly, saying to herself “Suppose it should be raving mad after all!
Alice thought this a very curious thing, and she went nearer to watch them, and just as she came up to them she heard one of them say, “Look out now, Five!
They had not gone far before they saw the Mock Turtle in the distance, sitting sad and lonely on a little ledge of rock, and, as they came nearer, Alice could hear him sighing as if his heart would break.
The further off from England the nearer is to France— Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but come and join the dance.
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