单词 | intimately |
释义 | intimatelyadv. In an intimate manner. 1. Very deeply or inwardly; In a way that affects one's inmost self or moves the deepest feeling. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > intense emotion > [adverb] deepa1000 inwardlya1000 inlyOE mortallyc1390 deeplya1400 keena1400 keenlya1400 from the bottom of one's hearta1413 from (also fro) one's heart1477 profoundly1489 from the spleen?a1505 sensibly1577 with sense1578 smartlyc1580 soakingly1593 dearly1604 intimately1637 viscerally1637 exquisitely1678 sensitively1793 exaltedly1855 intensely1860 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > [adverb] > intimately intimately1637 intimely1657 1637 Bp. J. Hall Remedy Prophanenesse i. i. 10 We apprehend him [sc. God]..intimately present to us, with us, in us. 1662 J. Sparrow tr. J. Boehme 1st Apol. B. Tylcken in Remainder Bks. 8 If some people fearing God, had not intimately..entreated for it, I had not given it to any at all. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. i. 43 When I deeply and intimately consider these things. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 290. ⁋2 I shall not act it as I ought, for I shall feel it too intimately to be able to utter it. 1774 O. Goldsmith Grecian Hist. II. iii. 240 Alexander..proved how intimately he was affected with the unhappiness of a prince who deserved a better fate. 2. In a manner involving close acquaintance; so as to be very familiar. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adverb] > intimately or familiarly couthlyc900 wellOE homelya1400 commonlya1450 familiarlyc1450 domestically1576 inwardly1584 intimately1645 particularly1680 arm-in-armly1743 hand in glove1788 pack1874 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > [adverb] > intimately familiarly1534 intimously1629 intimately1645 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 98 Lest..they expose themselves rather to be pledg'd up and down by men who intimatly know them. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World iii. 60 Being intimately acquainted with him, I know the course of his Travels. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby iii. 16 ‘I know her circumstances intimately, ma'am’, said Ralph. 3. In a way that involves or effects a very close connection or union of parts or elements. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > [adverb] > intimately or closely home1532 close1576 intimately1665 straitly1690 congenially1752 kindredly1765 closely1841 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [adverb] > closely (of joining) arctly1545 solid1651 intimately1665 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 70 By uniting more intimately either with some particular corpuscles..or with all of them. 1722 J. Quincy Lexicon Physico-medicum (ed. 2) 11 Thereby the Blood [is] more intimately broken and divided, so that it becomes fitter for the more fluid Secretions. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 129 These two salts are so intimately mixed, as to be in a manner inseparable. 1773 B. Franklin Let. in Wks. (1887) V. 134 Lightning..by penetrating intimately the hardest metals..has separated the parts in an instant. 1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab Pref. 1 A country..intimately connected with Jewish history. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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