Meaning & use

intimately

adverb·Academic

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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