Warmer, so to speak

• More stingy about popping into local
• Start of a well-known hymn
• First word of a Sarah Adams hymn
• More handy
• Not so distant
• Easier to reach, say
• Start of a Titanic hymn
• More on target
• More proximate

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. (comparative of `near') being the one of two that is less distant in space; "we walked to the nearer house" adv. (comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter distance; "come closer, my dear!"; "they drew nearer"; "getting nearer to the true ...