1
as in intimately
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in commonly
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for familiarly
Adverb
-
Complement this by engaging personally with commenters—asking thoughtful follow-up questions rather than just acknowledging their input builds genuine professional relationships.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025 -
At the 2014 trial, Hurd opted to represent himself, which led to his being able to personally cross-examine Ashanti.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
28 Apr. 2025
Adverb
-
While popes have the option of keeping their baptismal name, every pope for the last 470 years has chosen to change his name, usually to honor a predecessor and to signal their intention to emulate his example.—
Christopher Watson,
ABC News,
25 Apr. 2025
-
Steve Grobman, chief technology officer at McAfee, says there is usually much more going on than just an innocent wrong number.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
25 Apr. 2025
Adverb
-
Staff counselors are generally college students or high school seniors, the camp's website says.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
-
This would usually happen on the Friday before a game, by which time the media throng was generally limited to beat writers who know their X’s and O’s.—
Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
Adverb
-
Governors wouldn’t ordinarily file a court case contesting a president’s foreign policy.—
George Skelton,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
-
His hands, ordinarily trapped in the pockets of his tracksuit when not frantically presenting tactical instructions or wagging a finger at opposition benches, escaped midway through the second half of his side’s 2-1 win over Brighton & Hove Albion to savour the moment with the Palace supporters.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
Adverb
-
The Roman Catholic Church has about 1.3 billion members worldwide, and papal funerals typically draw millions of mourners to Rome.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
-
That is slightly above the average of 67 degrees typically seen this time of year in the metro.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
21 Apr. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Familiarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/familiarly. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share