intimately

adverb

in·​ti·​mate·​ly

-mə̇tlē, 

-li

: in an intimate manner

the physical and the economic background of poverty are most intimately related

—P. E. James

a city she knows intimately

—Americas

every one of which he could have named intimately had he put his memory to it

—Kay Boyle

the author leads his audience easily and intimately

—S. W. Reed

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