'The ___ the merrier!' Crossword Clue

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'The ___ the merrier!' Crossword Answer

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(adjective)
1. (comparative of `much’ used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
2. (comparative of `many’ used with count nouns) quantifier meaning greater in number
(noun)
1. English statesman who opposed Henry VIII’s divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state
(adverb)
1. used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

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