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# intimately

«intimately» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a very close, detailed way; very well, from long…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (intimately)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In a very close, detailed way; very well, from long experience. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intimately/#m1)

2) In a very close and personal way, as between close family, best friends or partners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intimately/#m2)

3) Very closely connected, so that one thing affects the other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intimately/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and geography texts it means «very closely» («intimately connected»); in stories it shows how well someone knows a place or a person. Phrases: know something intimately, intimately connected, intimately linked.

### examples

- The old fisherman knew the river intimately. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intimately/#x1)
- Weather and farming are intimately linked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intimately/#x2)
- She knew every corner of the castle intimately. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intimately/#x3)
- The two friends talked intimately by the fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intimately/#x4)
- Plants and bees are intimately connected. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intimately/#x5)
- The guide knew the mountain paths intimately after forty years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intimately/#x6)
- Our health is intimately tied to what we eat and how we sleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intimately/#x7)
- Bernhard Schmidt's excellent work is full of examples which prove how intimately they are connected. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intimately/#x8)

### note

Adverb from «intimate» + «-ly». It is neutral in «know something intimately» (very well), but used about two people it can mean a romantic relationship, so in school writing «closely» is often safer. Stress: IN-ti-mate-ly.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «intimately» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intimately/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.