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intimately

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in·ti·mate 1  (nt-mt)
adj.
1. Marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity.
2. Relating to or indicative of one's deepest nature: intimate prayers.
3. Essential; innermost: the intimate structure of matter.
4. Marked by informality and privacy: an intimate nightclub.
5. Very personal; private: an intimate letter.
6. Of or involved in a sexual relationship.
n.
A close friend or confidant.

[Latin intimtus, past participle of intimre, to make familiar with; see intimate2.]

inti·mate·ly adv.
inti·mate·ness n.

in·ti·mate 2  (nt-mt)
tr.v. in·ti·mat·ed, in·ti·mat·ing, in·ti·mates
1. To make known subtly and indirectly; hint. See Synonyms at suggest.
2. To announce; proclaim.

[Latin intimre, intimt-, to make known, from intimus, innermost; see en in Indo-European roots.]

inti·mater n.
inti·mation n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.intimately - in a close manner; "the two phenomena are intimately connected"; "the person most nearly concerned"
2.intimately - with great or especially intimate knowledge; "we knew them well"

intimately
adverb 2. fully, very well, thoroughly, in detail, inside out, to the core, through and through
Translations
intimately [ˈɪntɪmətlɪ] advíntimamente
intimately [ˈɪntɪmətlɪ] advintimement
intimately [ˈɪntɪmətlɪ] intimate adv (see adj) → eng; intim; vertraulich; gründlich
intimately [ˈɪntɪmɪtlɪ] advintimamente


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It is true I knew him more intimately than most: I met him first before ever he became a painter, and I saw him not infrequently during the difficult years he spent in Paris; but I do not suppose I should ever have set down my recollections if the hazards of the war had not taken me to Tahiti.
You know how I have loved you; you can intimately judge of my present feelings, but I am not so weak as to find indulgence in describing them to a woman who will glory in having excited their anguish, but whose affection they have never been able to gain.
But the recognition which is most intimately connected with the plot and action is, as we have said, the recognition of persons.
 
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