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intimately
[in-tuh-mit-lee]
adverb
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
in a deep and detailed way.
Her letters and journals reveal a woman intimately involved in the day-to-day happenings of the school.
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.
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.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of intimately1
Example Sentences
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, accuses Habba of false arrest, malicious prosecution, and defamation and says that the attorney “acted as a political operative, outside of any function intimately related to the judicial process.”
All this odoriferous research has convinced some scientists that DMS is intimately associated with life, making it an ideal biosignature if found hundreds of light years away on some lonely planet.
I was just trying to align myself with the story, with the people, with the place as intimately as I possibly could from as early as I possible could in the process.
“We know him intimately. There would be some things that we would need to be able to do if that was the direction we went.”
You’re intimately aware of their nuances and quirks, like how their left ear might curl back more than the right one or the way their nose tilts ever-so-subtly upwards.
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