Not so far

• Easier to see
• First word of a Sarah Adams hymn
• Start of a well-known hymn
• Not farther away
• Not as remote
• Sci-fi hero for Orson Scott Card
• "___ in bloody thoughts, but not in blood": Richard III
• More likely to encounter
• "___, My God, to Thee" (hymn)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
nearer \nearer\ adj. less distant in space; as, we walked to the nearer house.