closely
part of speech
adverb (closely, more closely, most closely)
meaning for a pupil
1) Closely means carefully and with attention. tree →
2) Closely means near in space or time. tree →
3) Closely means in a strong or near way, like closely related. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science lessons pupils observe closely, using magnifying glasses, and see that some animals are closely related (lions and tigers). In reading lessons look closely at the text for clues. In stories a dog follows closely behind. Phrases: look closely, watch closely, listen closely, closely related, work closely with.
examples
- Look closely at the leaf with the magnifying glass. tree →
- Listen closely to the instructions. tree →
- The puppy followed closely behind me. tree →
- Lions and tigers are closely related. tree →
- Watch closely, I'll show you the trick. tree →
- The teacher works closely with parents. tree →
- She closely resembles her mum. tree →
- When he returned home, his brothers again questioned him closely: tree →
note
Adverb from «close» (pronounced with s like z when it means shut, with a soft s when it means near). «Closely» is about care or relation; for simple distance we often just say «close»: «stand close to me». Not the same as «closed» (shut).
In the corpora
- Hyenas look like dogs but are more closely related to cats and mongooses; the aardwolf is a small hyena that eats mostly termites.
- Predators and prey sometimes drink near each other, and zebras watch lions closely but run only if the lions come towards them.
- For its weight, some spider silk is stronger than steel and very stretchy, which is why scientists study it so closely.
- Look closely at one honeybee and you can count six legs, four wings and five eyes.
- Under the jokes are real British animals, and Kenneth Grahame watched them closely on the River Thames.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «closely» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.