intimately
Syllables: in·ti·mate·ly/ˈɪntɪmətli/
intimately adverb: in an intimate manner.
Adverb
intimately (comparative more intimately, superlative most intimately)
- In an intimate manner.
- I have tried to find friends like me […] but have failed to form even one prolonged relationship. Only a few of them could understand how I felt and a couple of them allowed me to express my love as intimately and vigorously as I wanted to.1980 August 9, anonymous author, “Inside Burning”, in Gay Community News, page 4
- Synonyms:
- inly
intimately meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
intimately in Tamil
- உற்றிடம், ஒஞ்சு
intimately in Urdu
- بہ دل و جان, بےتکلفانہ
intimately in Malayalam
- ദൃഢമായി, ഗാഢമായി, അടുത്ത്, അഗാധമായി
Examples of intimately in a sentence
- We must get to know plants intimately and on their terms.
- From its earliest days, Pietism was intimately bound up with education.
- This dichotomy represents the two different though intimately related Christianities that coexist uneasily within each other.
Synonyms of intimately
Forms of intimately
| comparative | more intimately |
|---|---|
| superlative | most intimately |
Origin of intimately
From intimate + -ly.
Questions about intimately
- What does intimately mean?
- Intimately means in an intimate manner.
- What is intimately in Tamil?
- Intimately in Tamil is உற்றிடம், ஒஞ்சு. See Intimately meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is intimately?
- Intimately is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce intimately?
- Intimately is pronounced /ˈɪntɪmətli/.
Words near intimately in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: intimately (page history and authors); intimately (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intimately (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intimately (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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