Intimately

//ˈɪntɪmətli// adv

adv ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In an intimate manner.

    "I have tried to find friends like me […] but have failed to form even one prolonged relationship. Only a few of them could understand how I felt and a couple of them allowed me to express my love as intimately and vigorously as I wanted to."

Adverb
  1. 1
    with great or especially intimate knowledge wordnet
  2. 2
    in a close manner wordnet

Example

More examples

"I have known intimately a great many persons who were absorbed in the arts."

Etymology

From intimate + -ly.

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