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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Closely \Close"ly\, adverb
1. In a close manner.
2. Secretly; privately. [Obs.]
That nought she did but wayle, and often steepe Her dainty couch with tears which closely she did weepe. --Spenser.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
closely
adverb
1: in a close relation or position in time or space; "the onsets were closely timed"; "houses set closely together"; "was closely involved in monitoring daily progress"
2: in a close manner; "the two phenomena are intimately connected"; "the person most nearly concerned" [syn: {intimately}, {nearly}]
3: in an attentive manner; "he remained close on his guard" [syn: {close}, {tight}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "closely": all but, almost, as good as, barely, carefully, close, compactly, densely, firmly, hardly, heavily, heedfully, intently, just about, meticulously, mindfully, minutely, narrowly, near, nearly, nigh, nighhand, not quite, only just, pretty near, punctiliously, scrupulously, sharply, solidly, thick, thickly, thoughtfully, well-nigh
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