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  1. nearer, nigher, closeradverb

    (comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter distance

    "come closer, my dear!"; "they drew nearer"; "getting nearer to the true explanation"

    Synonyms:
    closer, nigher

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  1. List of paraphrases for "nearer":

    nearest, closest, closer

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  1. John J. Ferguson:

    I suppose that the nearer a conception comes towards finality, the nearer the dynamic relation out of which this concept arose, inevitably draws to a close. So it may be surmised, on one hand, to know is to lose. It may be argued, then, tis better to be ignorant, and blissful!

  2. Alexis Charles Henri Clrel de Tocqueville:

    Whoever has inhabited the United States must have perceived that in those parts of the Union in which the Negroes are no longer slaves the have in no wise drawn nearer to the whites. On the contrary, the prejudice of race appears to be stronger in the states that have abolished slavery than those where it still exists and nowhere is it intolerant as in those states where servitude has never been known.

  3. Johann von Goethe:

    Difficulties increase the nearer we approach our goal.

  4. Mehmat Murat ildan:

    For a flexible person, it is impossible not to reach his destination, because by using his ability to be flexible he can easily define a nearer new destination.

  5. David Hare:

    Nothing is further than earth from heaven, and nothing is nearer than heaven to earth.

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