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Default Re: More dull or duller?

Yes - two syllable adjectives are nearly always "flexible", in that they can form the comparative/superlative with either -er/-est or more/most. That goes too, incidentally, for adjectives ending in "y", which textbooks will tell you "always" become -ier/-iest. Not true. Here are some examples found on the Collins concordancer :

... it doesn't make you any more happy,
Conservatives on the opposite wing are no more happy.
`I'm feeling healthier, more happy with myself and just in general," she said. `
...he found women hard to fathom and was more happy in the company of men.
But there's other things that I'm more happy about--
In Ulster I met the most friendly, hospitable people in the world, but I also
... impressive and important. We parted in most friendly courteous fashion.
... for this must be one of the most friendly places on earth -
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