honester

1. (nonstandard or dated) comparative form of honest: more honestExamples: "Yes I thank God, I am as honeſt as any man liuing, that is an old man, and no honeſter then I."; "[…] Vpon the verge of the Riuer there are fiue houſes, wherein liue the honeſter ſort of people, as Farmers in England, and they keepe continuall centinell for the townes ſecuritie."; "“You will hurt our cause!” has been the selfish, cowardly cry of all pseudo reformers, looking for the countenance and support of wealth and respectability, when honester men, guided by a love of principle alone, have stepped to the front, and asked no man to help them, but he who felt like themselves."comparativedatedform-ofnonstandard