pretty close. Normally two or more syllables take "more" (I was taught this as a child). However, I have noticed that the ending "y" has such a small semantic load, and the sound is so unstressed that "more" seems ok. I prefer He is happier than before" rather than "he is more happy than before", I somehow prefer "more empty", but it is quite close.
Keep in mind that real live languages are not bound by the rules you have been taught. The "rules" you have been taught try to capture in general terms what the speakers actually do. You don't really think that a native speaker debates these, or "follows known rules", do you? I am sure you don't, when in a bad argument, right? The rules are for outsiders to start getting into the flow of the language. I have found that unless the mistake is really gross, the listener will strive to place some real meaning on a phrase, and once having heard that "turn of phrase" sufficiently, it starts sounding normal. One of the classic examples is the following question, whether it is good English or not:
what is this for doing?
We normally say, What is this for? and we answer This is for cooking. (what happened to the "dummy do"?) Yet, after I had contemplated the sentence for a few days, it started sounding normal! Also, as a child I never said "He is as smart as me" - always said "as good as I". Now I feel odd when I hear "as good as I", yet "as good as he" still sounds slightly better than "as good as him". And believe me, I am a fully educated native English speaker.