as in privately
in a manner intended to prevent knowledge or awareness by others
intimately shared information that is only now being divulged in the memoirs of his sole confidant
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Recent Examples of intimately
Growing up in Hollywood and Hyde Park, among other parts of the city, Mazariegos was intimately familiar with gun and gang violence.
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Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Both sides of the aisle are feeling the pressure to fix a crisis that's intimately affecting many Americans.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
Through archival research, difficult conversations with family, and interviews with numerous surviving people who knew his father (some quite intimately), Junod learns that Lou had many extramarital affairs, including several that stretched on for years.
—Jack Denton, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
Part of the magic was his towering will to prove wrong all who doubted, which is pretty much all of us, except some who knew him intimately.
—Dan Pompei, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
This is a scent that doesn’t announce your presence upon entry, but instead hugs you intimately, close to the skin.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2026
The innovative spirit and focus on knowing customers intimately seems to have weakened.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
Suwa’s father comes around for him in an arc that moved me deeply, surprising and intimately felt.
—Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026
In this story the problem is treated intimately and compassionately by a woman who knows all about it.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Both sides of the aisle are feeling the pressure to fix a crisis that's intimately affecting many Americans.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
Through archival research, difficult conversations with family, and interviews with numerous surviving people who knew his father (some quite intimately), Junod learns that Lou had many extramarital affairs, including several that stretched on for years.
—Jack Denton, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
Part of the magic was his towering will to prove wrong all who doubted, which is pretty much all of us, except some who knew him intimately.
—Dan Pompei, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
This is a scent that doesn’t announce your presence upon entry, but instead hugs you intimately, close to the skin.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2026
The innovative spirit and focus on knowing customers intimately seems to have weakened.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
Suwa’s father comes around for him in an arc that moved me deeply, surprising and intimately felt.
—Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026
In this story the problem is treated intimately and compassionately by a woman who knows all about it.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intimately
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Who’s in attendance changes from year to year—Prince William and Princess Kate, for example, sat out the 2024 and 2025 outings to spend the holiday privately as a family—but the rituals themselves remain mostly the same.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
4 Apr. 2026
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Last month, Bondi attempted to privately brief lawmakers on the committee about the Epstein documents alongside Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.—
Maegan Vazquez The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
4 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Shared information will be treated confidentially.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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He was not allowed to review medical records, examine facility health policies, assess staffing levels or speak confidentially with detainees.—
Alexandra Mendoza,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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Using a synesthetic logic all his own, Torres explains why Dwayne (the Rock) Johnson is orange, Catholicism is purple, and navy blue is the nefarious color that secretly runs the world.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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In 2012, the gossip site Gawker, infamous for smearing conservative activists, published embarrassing footage of Hogan that had been secretly recorded and had no legitimate news value.—
George Harris,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Intimately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intimately. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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