purple
noun
any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone.
purpler
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comparativeof purple.comparative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating a greater degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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The more psalm-like accompaniments outweigh the purpler prose.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2021
He is swishing and spitting a Châteaneuf-du-Pape purpler than August berries.
From Slate ● May 5, 2012
Named for a mythical sunken city, Ys was a prouder, purpler record than Newsom's debut.
From Slate ● Mar. 1, 2010
It seemed to him that no lobster ever looked redder, no mayonnaise yellower, no pistache ice-cream greener and no huckleberry pie purpler.
From The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales by Richard Connell
The empurpled Alloway grew purpler at the sight of a coolness he did not share.
From The Admirable Tinker Child of the World by Edgar Jepson
