intimately
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.
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How to use intimately in a sentence
They wrote about subjects that they knew intimately, or that troubled or fascinated them, which is what all novelists do.
Now Kendall Jenner is intimately interlocked with Cara Delevingne.
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Other Nazi leaders would get intimately involved in the lives of the artists as well.
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Indeed, his success was widely known, and Jean Baptiste had been rather curious to know the family intimately.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxHis namdee was intimately associated with French politics, from the commencement of the revolution in 1789.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellWhen the mucus is small in amount and intimately mixed with the stool, the trouble is probably in the small intestine.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddFrom these instruments have come all those precise examinations on which the accuracy of modern science intimately depends.
Outlines of the Earth's History | Nathaniel Southgate ShalerNicholas Rubinstein is intimately associated with every event in Tchaikovskys private and public life.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste Tchaikovsky
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