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closefisted |
closehanded |
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closely
| closely held corporation
| closely knit
| closely-held
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| closemouthed
closely
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial closely has 3 senses
- closely(r = adv.all) Array - in a close relation or position in time or space; "the onsets were closely timed"; "houses set closely together"; "was closely involved in monitoring daily progress"
- closely(r = adv.all) close, tight - in an attentive manner; "he remained close on his guard"
- closely(r = adv.all) intimately, nearly - in a close manner; "the two phenomena are intimately connected"; "the person most nearly concerned"
CIDE DICTIONARY
closely, adv.
- In a close manner. [1913 Webster]
- Secretly; privately. [1913 Webster]"That nought she did but wayle, and often steepe
Her dainty couch with tears which
closely she did weepe." [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
closely
all but, almost, as good as, barely, carefully, close, compactly, densely, firmly, hardly, heavily, heedfully, intently, just about, meticulously, mindfully, minutely, narrowly, near, nearly, nigh, nighhand, not quite, only just, pretty near, punctiliously, scrupulously, sharply, solidly, thick, thickly, thoughtfully, well-nigh
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