What does intimately mean?

intimately means "in a close manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in intimately?

intimately has 4 syllables: in-tima-te-ly. The stress falls on "in". In IPA it is /ˈɪntəmətli/.

What is another word for intimately?

Close synonyms include closely, nearly, well. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is intimately a common word?

intimately is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

intimately — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adverb

2 sensesA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
in a close manner
“the two phenomena are intimately connected”
“the person most nearly concerned”
Synonymsclosely nearly
2.
with great or especially intimate knowledge
“we knew them well”
Synonymswell

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What does intimately mean?: intimately means "in a close manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.
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