nearer successful

[GUEST2008]

Hi

Her experiments were nearer successful.

Does it mean they were not successful at all?

[bhaisahab]

Hi

Her experiments were nearer successful.

Does it mean they were not successful at all?

I can't imagine what "nearer successful" means. Where did you find it?

[Barb_D]

My first thought was that whatever you were reading was a bad transcription and it was supposed to say "never" instead of "nearer."

[BobK]

My first thought was that whatever you were reading was a bad transcription and it was supposed to say "never" instead of "nearer."

That, or 'more nearly' - that is, they were unsuccessful, but less far from successful (than someone else's - expressed in the context). Whichever it is, there's certainly something wrong with what's written.

b