intimately
Americanadverb
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in a way that entails, assumes, or suggests a close, warm, trusting personal relationship.
He was quick to rebuke others, but only those he knew intimately and loved dearly.
Churchill spoke intimately and easily over the wireless to his own people during the war.
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in a way that arises from long or frequent direct personal experience.
Cycling acquaints you intimately with every bump, slice, crease, divot, ledge, ripple, and pothole in a street.
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in a way that affords or encourages privacy, coziness, closeness of interaction, etc..
The small tables are so that people can converse more intimately, even among a larger group.
The beautifully renovated 150-seat theater offers an intimately scaled setting with state-of-the-art acoustics.
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in a way that involves a close union or connection.
Many of the ailments seen in the inpatient service are intimately linked to the malnutrition plaguing the region.
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in a way that involves or suggests sex.
Posts must not contain name-calling, profanity, or intimately explicit material.
Chlamydia is an intimately transmitted infection.
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in a deep and detailed way.
Her letters and journals reveal a woman intimately involved in the day-to-day happenings of the school.
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in the innermost depths of one’s mind or heart.
It has given me an opportunity to share ideas, thoughts, and intimately held beliefs with others equally interested in deeper questions.
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next to the skin, as underclothing, wigs, etc..
Please read our exchange policy carefully; these are quality garments that are worn intimately and hence cannot be exchanged or returned.
Etymology
Origin of intimately
Example Sentences
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And Mario Thompson, an elementary school principal who has been intimately involved in all his daughters’ careers, is having to negotiate all this on the fly.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
There were also differences between legal experts — those most intimately involved in the judicial system — and the public at large.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
Antonia Thomas, who plays Jess, says the series captures what happens when people who once knew each other intimately realise how much they've changed.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
These corners of Britain have been intimately linked to the history of motor racing since before Formula One existed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
They are linked so intimately and indispensably with the lives of many fishes, mollusks, and crustaceans that were they no longer habitable these seafoods would disappear from our tables.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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