adv
Meaning 1
In an intimate manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
intimately
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈɪntɪmətli/
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CMU ARPABET: IH1 N T AH0 M AH0 T L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
with great or especially intimate knowledge
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- we knew them well
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: well
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
in a close manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the two phenomena are intimately connected
- the person most nearly concerned
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: closely, nearly
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English intimate Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English intimately From intimate + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: интимно (intimno) — in an intimate manner
- Bulgarian: задушевно (zaduševno) — in an intimate manner
- Catalan: íntimament — in an intimate manner
- Dutch: intiem — in an intimate manner
- Esperanto: intime — in an intimate manner
- Finnish: läheisesti — in an intimate manner
- Finnish: intiimisti — in an intimate manner
- French: intimement — in an intimate manner
- Galician: intimamente — in an intimate manner
- Italian: intimamente — in an intimate manner
- Polish: intymnie — in an intimate manner
- Portuguese: intimamente — in an intimate manner
- Spanish: íntimamente — in an intimate manner
Real reading context