What does dearer mean?
Dearer means comparative form of dear: more dear.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
comparative 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
Those lines that I before have writ do lie, / Even those that said I could not love you dearer
Use dearer when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dearer means comparative form of dear: more dear.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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
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