keener
"More important" is the comparative degree of important.
The comparative degree of "sad" is "sadder."
The comparative degree of cheerful is more cheerful.Its superlative degree, then, is most cheerful.
More is comparative. The progression is many, more, most
more out
more
more out
more
The comparative degree is 'more magnificent' and the superlative degree is 'most magnificent'.
most, more
The comparative is more professional. Most professional is the superlative.
"Merrily" is the positive degree of the adverb "merrily."Specifically, the degrees of an adverb range from the basic, positive degree to the second, comparative degree to the third, highest, superlative degree. So the comparative degree in this case is "more merrily." The superlative degree is "most merrily."