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(Forth), further, furtherest _or_
furthermost.
Good, better, best.
Hind, hinder, hindmost _or_
hindermost.
(In), inner, inmost _or_
innermost.
Late, later _or_ latest _or_
latter last.
Little,+ less _or_ least.
lesser,
Many _or_ more, most.
Much,
Near, nearer nearest _or_
next.
Old, older _or_ oldest _or_
elder, eldest.
(Out), outer _or_ outmost _or_
utter, outermost;
utmost _or_
uttermost.
Under, ----, undermost.
(Up), upper, upmost _or_
uppermost.
Top, ----, topmost.
[Footnote *: The words inclosed in curves are adverbs--the adjectives
following having no positive form.]
[Footnote +: For the comparative and the superlative of _little_, in the
sense of small in size, _smaller_ and _smallest_ are substituted; as,
_little_ boy, _smaller_ boy, _smallest_ boy.]
Adverbs Irregularly Compared.
_Pos. Comp. Superlative._
Badly,| worse, worst.


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