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intimately

/ˈɪntɪmətli/ adverb C1
  1. In an intimate manner.
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We knew him very intimately, for his favourite walk was over the moor to our house.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 90 · C1
Collins for a few moments, he asked Elizabeth in a low voice whether her relations were very intimately acquainted with the family of De Bourgh.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 94 · B2
But the manuscript is short and is intimately connected with the affair.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 10 · C1
The whole question of the Netherland-Sumatra Company and of the colossal schemes of Baron Maupertuis are too recent in the minds of the public, and are too intimately concerned with politics and finance to be fitting subjects for this series of sketches.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 28 · B2

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