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
This is, after all, a lifetime spent intimately handling the ghosts, demons and murderous spirits.
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Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Field service, as many of us intimately know, can be taxing.
—Karpagam Narayanan, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Not only that, it is intimately entwined with the Saudi state.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Shot in a colorfully naturalistic style by Irina Lubtchansky (My Golden Days), the film occasionally switches to what looks like Super 8mm, capturing the action more intimately and playfully.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
Yet, the fruit carries a broader meaning as well, as the Christ child also intimately interacts with it, grasping and contemplating it.
—Demir Alp, JSTOR Daily, 29 Aug. 2025
Anil, with over twenty years of roasting behind him, knows the demands of the full-caf world intimately.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
But clearly Pod knows the violence of the state intimately, beginning his tour by apologizing for his stutter, due to a brain injury sustained from a police beating.
—Philip Metres
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
The alliance is intimately involved in building and testing weapons with Ukraine, training its army, and supplying it with intelligence and arms, including ones that can strike deep inside Russian territory.
—Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2025
Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Field service, as many of us intimately know, can be taxing.
—Karpagam Narayanan, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Not only that, it is intimately entwined with the Saudi state.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Shot in a colorfully naturalistic style by Irina Lubtchansky (My Golden Days), the film occasionally switches to what looks like Super 8mm, capturing the action more intimately and playfully.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
Yet, the fruit carries a broader meaning as well, as the Christ child also intimately interacts with it, grasping and contemplating it.
—Demir Alp, JSTOR Daily, 29 Aug. 2025
Anil, with over twenty years of roasting behind him, knows the demands of the full-caf world intimately.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
But clearly Pod knows the violence of the state intimately, beginning his tour by apologizing for his stutter, due to a brain injury sustained from a police beating.
—Philip Metres
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
The alliance is intimately involved in building and testing weapons with Ukraine, training its army, and supplying it with intelligence and arms, including ones that can strike deep inside Russian territory.
—Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intimately
Adverb
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By 1971, the demand for the dollar drying up and gold soaring privately, Nixon acted.—
Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Trump then met privately with House Speaker Todd Huston and Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray, Politico reported.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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So these cases are almost always settled confidentially.—
Stayton Bonner,
Robb Report,
24 Aug. 2025
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Tips can be made to the Arson Watch Reward Program confidentially and anonymously, fire officials said.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
22 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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For the next two decades, the unlikely duo secretly sleuthed together on an array of front-page crimes happening in real time — missing Yale student Annie Le; newlywed George Smith murdered on a cruise ship; missing 5-year-old Noah Thomas, who disappeared in a rural town in Appalachian Virginia.—
Natasha Stoynoff,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Over the course of the season, Dexter reunites with Harrison in New York City and inadvertently finds his way into the company of other infamous serial killers secretly assembled for meetings at the estate of billionaire philanthropist Leon Prater (Peter Dinklage).—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Intimately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intimately. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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