"More royal" and "most royal". "This queen's voice sounds more royal than the previous queen's voice did." If the word is 1 syllable, say -er and -est bigger, smartest If the word is 3 or more syllables, say "more" and "most" More intelligent, most enthuiastic If the word contains 2 syllables, look at the last letter. If the last letter is "y", ier/iest and more/most are both acceptable, but ier/iest is preferred uglier, happiest If the word ends in any other letter, say more and most more upset, most alive, most royal EXCEPTION: more fun, not funner EXCEPTION TO EXCEPTION: In parts of Canada, Australia, and the west coast of the US, it is OK to say "funner" in casual speech, but not in writing.