intimately

From intimate + -ly.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪntɪmətli/

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• Hyphenation: in‧ti‧mate‧ly

intimately (comparative more intimately, superlative most intimately)

1. In an intimate manner.
   • 1980 August 9, anonymous author, “Inside Burning”, in Gay Community News, page 4:

     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.