closely adv

1 in a close relation or position in time or space; "the onsets were closely timed"; "houses set closely together"; "was closely involved in monitoring daily progress"

2 in a close manner; "the two phenomena are intimately connected"; "the person most nearly concerned" [syn: intimately, nearly]

3 in an attentive manner; "he remained close on his guard" [syn: close, tight]

English

Pronunciation

/'kləʊsli:/

Adverb

1. In a close manner.

   Finnish and Estonian are closely related languages.

   The borderline between East and West Berlin was very closely guarded.

   The chairs are too closely spaced.

Translations

• ttbc Esperanto: proksime
• ttbc French: près
• ttbc Indonesian: dekat, berdekatan
• ttbc Interlingua: proximo, presso
• ttbc Italian: vicino
• ttbc Japanese: 近く (ちかく, chikaku)
• ttbc Norwegian: nær
• ttbc Portuguese: próximo, perto
• ttbc Swedish: nära

all but, almost, as good as, barely, carefully, close, compactly, densely, firmly, hardly, heavily, heedfully, intently, just about, meticulously, mindfully, minutely, narrowly, near, nearly, nigh, nighhand, not quite, only just, pretty near, punctiliously, scrupulously, sharply, solidly, thick, thickly, thoughtfully, well-nigh