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closeliest

closeliest is the superlative 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 closeliest

What is closeliest the superlative form of?
Closeliest is the superlative form of closely.

Words near closeliest in the dictionary

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

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