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closelier

closelier is the comparative form of closely.

Meaning of closely

Adverb

closely (comparative closelier or more closely, superlative closeliest or most closely)

  1. In a close manner.
    • Finnish and Estonian are closely related languages.
  2. (obsolete) secretly; privately
    • That nought she did but wayle, and often steepe / Her dainty couch with tears which closely she did weepe.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 28

Questions about closelier

What is closelier the comparative form of?
Closelier is the comparative form of closely.

Words near closelier in the dictionary

  1. closefitting
  2. closehanded
  3. closehandedness
  4. closehauled
  5. closeish
  6. closelier
  7. closeliest
  8. closelipped
  9. closely
  10. closely held
  11. closeminded

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