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 movie follows a mercurial woman (Blanchett) with a strange and piercing gift – the ability to see what others most intimately need, often at great personal cost – who sets out on a journey home.
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025
Other scholars have similarly noted that users feel more intimately seen and known by TikTok’s algorithm than those powering other popular platforms.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
The firm was already intimately familiar with the technology, having been contracted by NANO Nuclear to develop the ODIN design on a consulting basis.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2025
Kimmel is intimately involved in every aspect of the show’s production, from ideation to delivery, the source says, but there are protocols in place during which any number of people could have requested an edit or removal.
—Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
Alongside Mignatti, architect Marco Lecchi coordinated construction, and is intimately familiar with the area and its peculiarities.
—Francesca Longoni, Architectural Digest, 16 Sep. 2025
Simplicity Emerges Syukuro Manabe was already intimately familiar with the perils of weather forecasting when, in 1965, as a scientist at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, he was tasked with building a mathematical model of the Earth’s climate.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Leaders must stay intimately connected to the day-to-day operations to ensure that their strategies remain relevant and impactful.
—Glenn Llopis, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Palmer, a longtime coach at the Elite 11 quarterback camp, knows it intimately.
—Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025
Other scholars have similarly noted that users feel more intimately seen and known by TikTok’s algorithm than those powering other popular platforms.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
The firm was already intimately familiar with the technology, having been contracted by NANO Nuclear to develop the ODIN design on a consulting basis.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2025
Kimmel is intimately involved in every aspect of the show’s production, from ideation to delivery, the source says, but there are protocols in place during which any number of people could have requested an edit or removal.
—Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
Alongside Mignatti, architect Marco Lecchi coordinated construction, and is intimately familiar with the area and its peculiarities.
—Francesca Longoni, Architectural Digest, 16 Sep. 2025
Simplicity Emerges Syukuro Manabe was already intimately familiar with the perils of weather forecasting when, in 1965, as a scientist at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, he was tasked with building a mathematical model of the Earth’s climate.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Leaders must stay intimately connected to the day-to-day operations to ensure that their strategies remain relevant and impactful.
—Glenn Llopis, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Palmer, a longtime coach at the Elite 11 quarterback camp, knows it intimately.
—Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intimately
Adverb
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Many people in Washington privately say that federal law should be the solution.—
The AI Insider,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Sep. 2025
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Instead, the royal couple met privately with the Catholic leader on April 9.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 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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And secretly, Järnkrok was too.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
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The season finale of House of Guinness opens with Patrick Cochrane — the Fenian Brotherhood leader who Edward had banished to New York — secretly returning to Ireland, with both an axe to grind against the Guinnesses and a perilous political mission to carry out.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Intimately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intimately. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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