Meaning & use
intimately
In a close, familiar, or deeply personal way.
See it in a sentence
She knows the city intimately, having lived there for over thirty years.
The two friends were intimately connected through shared childhood experiences.
A note on using this word
Intimately can describe deep personal knowledge of a subject as well as emotional or physical closeness between people.
Words with a similar meaning
closelypersonally
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Words with an opposite meaning
distantly
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