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
The two professions are intimately linked, with both spies and explorers illuminating the unknown.
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Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
As Fresh Prince fans are intimately aware of, Hubert played Aunt Viv until she was replaced by Daphne Maxwell Reid in season 4.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
Their stories are intimately connected by desire, sexuality pain and inheritance.
—Jennifer Green, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
The home was designed to enhance indoor-outdoor living options and feels intimately connected to its surroundings in every direction.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2025
If, as Lloyd Matthews has argued, America’s founding ideals of liberty are intimately linked to Julius Caesar, that connection should remind us that such liberty requires due process to function properly.
—JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025
This is my first time playing a mom and working intimately with another child actor, having been a child actor.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 21 Oct. 2025
Other JPMorgan execs were intimately involved in the design process, Dimon told The Journal.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Reid was intimately involved with public housing in Louisville both as an LMHA board member and a resident of the Beecher Terrace community.
—Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
As Fresh Prince fans are intimately aware of, Hubert played Aunt Viv until she was replaced by Daphne Maxwell Reid in season 4.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
Their stories are intimately connected by desire, sexuality pain and inheritance.
—Jennifer Green, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
The home was designed to enhance indoor-outdoor living options and feels intimately connected to its surroundings in every direction.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2025
If, as Lloyd Matthews has argued, America’s founding ideals of liberty are intimately linked to Julius Caesar, that connection should remind us that such liberty requires due process to function properly.
—JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025
This is my first time playing a mom and working intimately with another child actor, having been a child actor.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 21 Oct. 2025
Other JPMorgan execs were intimately involved in the design process, Dimon told The Journal.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Reid was intimately involved with public housing in Louisville both as an LMHA board member and a resident of the Beecher Terrace community.
—Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intimately
Adverb
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Although not publicly traded, OpenAI’s long list of institutional backers have privately held shares in the startup.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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The work has since been performed numerous times around the world, publicly and privately.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
3 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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The two sides settled confidentially last year and Joyride emerged from bankruptcy.—
Justin Wingerter,
Denver Post,
16 Oct. 2025
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So these cases are almost always settled confidentially.—
Stayton Bonner,
Robb Report,
24 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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As the unloved surviving son of a cruel father, he was approached by a wizard who offered him gold to secretly feed a mysterious hedgehog-faced monster in a cave.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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This malware secretly collects usernames, passwords and website logins from infected devices.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Intimately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intimately. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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