Intimately
[ˈɪntəmɪtlɪ]
Definition
(adv.) In an intimate manner.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. [1]. Closely, nearly.[2]. Familiarly, thoroughly.
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Examples
- Since the close of the war I have come to know Colonel Mosby personally, and somewhat intimately. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Of his immediate surroundings, his telescope is most intimately his environment. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I am intimately acquainted, Isaac, with the very iron chest in which thou dost keep thy money-bags--What! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- For two hours we rambled about together, in silence for the most part, as befits two men who know each other intimately. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- It must therefore touch it intimately, and in its whole essence, SECUNDUM SE, TOTA, ET TOTALITER; which is the very definition of penetration. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- He knew both the engineering and the business sides most intimately. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Quite as intimately as I wish. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- If the objects be intimately connected, the passions are like an alcali and an acid, which, being mingled, destroy each other. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- He is intimately acquainted with a gentleman of good family (but in indifferent circumstances), of whom I am a--hum--patron. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I was not a supporter of him politically, but I knew him more intimately than I did any other of the volunteer generals. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- She began by inquiring if they saw much of Mr. Willoughby at Cleveland, and whether they were intimately acquainted with him. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- These two questions concerning the continued and distinct existence of body are intimately connected together. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Ourself is intimately present to us, and whatever is related to self must partake of that quality. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The two are intimately mixed in an earthen vessel, kneaded and flattened, shaped and polished. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The usual experience of all persons in civilized communities to-day is intimately associated with industrial processes and results. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It is an art intimately associated with the tenderest affections of the human heart in keeping alive its precious memories. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This were to suppose, that even where we are most intimately conscious, we might be mistaken. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- There was another bookish lad in the town, John Collins by name, with whom I was intimately acquainted. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Ourself is always intimately present to us. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Obviously studies or the subject matter of the curriculum have intimately to do with this business of supplying an environment. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Pokey unknowns, amazed to find how intimately they know Veneering, pluck up spirit, fold their arms, and begin to contradict him before breakfast. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Nor was it I alone who felt thus intimately his perfections. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- This Mrs. Younge was, he knew, intimately acquainted with Wickham; and he went to her for intelligence of him as soon as he got to town. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- With the household gods is intimately associated the family priest. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Our system concerning space and time consists of two parts, which are intimately connected together. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- On the theory of natural selection, the extinction of old forms and the production of new and improved forms are intimately connected together. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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