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
Renowned for being intimately involved in every aspect of his brand until his final days, Armani leaves behind a profound legacy in the fashion world, from dressing some of the biggest stars to building one of the industry’s most transformative and enduring labels.
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Essence, 8 Sep. 2025
The drama will center on 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.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
Sweetsick, which Birch also wrote, 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.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
Seating is marketed for five, but three second-row occupants are transported intimately.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
Here’s an artist who, across a two-decade period, has become intimately acquainted with the entertainment industry’s countless mutations, finally abiding by his own rules.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 4 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
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
Essence, 8 Sep. 2025
The drama will center on 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.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
Sweetsick, which Birch also wrote, 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.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
Seating is marketed for five, but three second-row occupants are transported intimately.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
Here’s an artist who, across a two-decade period, has become intimately acquainted with the entertainment industry’s countless mutations, finally abiding by his own rules.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 4 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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intimately
Adverb
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The play-calling coach and young quarterback met privately for an hour each week.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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In professional settings, this may look like a team publicly agreeing to a course of action, but privately listing all of the roadblocks in the way of success.—
Lindsay Phillips,
Forbes.com,
8 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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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 14 Sep. 2025.
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