intimate
/ˈɪn.tɪ.mət/ noun C2- A very close friend. · Only a couple of intimates had ever read his writing.
- Women's underwear, sleepwear, or lingerie, especially offered for sale in a store. · You'll find bras and panties in the intimates section upstairs.
Plural intimates
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Within a short walk of Longbourn lived a family with whom the Bennets were particularly intimate.
The eldest of them, a sensible, intelligent young woman, about twenty-seven, was Elizabeth’s intimate friend.
“Miss Bingley told me,” said Jane, “that he never speaks much unless among his intimate acquaintance.
Intimate as you are, you must know how it is to be done.”
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