"nearlier" meaning in English

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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1689, John Locke, A letter concerning toleration",
          "text": "What if he neglect the care of his health or of his estate, which things are nearlier related to the government of the magistrate than the other?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "more nearly; more closely",
          "word": "nearly"
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      "glosses": [
        "comparative form of nearly: more nearly; more closely."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) comparative form of nearly: more nearly; more closely."
      ],
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        "comparative",
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  "word": "nearlier"
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "comparative adverb"
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      "expansion": "nearlier",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1689, John Locke, A letter concerning toleration",
          "text": "What if he neglect the care of his health or of his estate, which things are nearlier related to the government of the magistrate than the other?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "more nearly; more closely",
          "word": "nearly"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "comparative form of nearly: more nearly; more closely."
      ],
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          "nearly#English"
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        "(archaic) comparative form of nearly: more nearly; more closely."
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  "word": "nearlier"
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