[in-tuh-muh-see] 
| 1. | the state of being intimate. |
| 2. | a close, familiar, and usually affectionate or loving personal relationship with another person or group. |
| 3. | a close association with or detailed knowledge or deep understanding of a place, subject, period of history, etc.: an intimacy with Japan. |
| 4. | an act or expression serving as a token of familiarity, affection, or the like: to allow the intimacy of using first names. |
| 5. | an amorously familiar act; liberty. |
| 6. | sexual intercourse. |
| 7. | the quality of being comfortable, warm, or familiar: the intimacy of the room. |
| 8. | privacy, esp. as suitable to the telling of a secret: in the intimacy of his studio. |
| in·ti·ma·cy (ĭn'tə-mə-sē) n. pl. in·ti·ma·cies
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