intimately
part of speech
adverb (intimately)
meaning for a pupil
1) In a very close, detailed way; very well, from long experience. tree →
2) In a very close and personal way, as between close family, best friends or partners. tree →
3) Very closely connected, so that one thing affects the other. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science and geography texts it means «very closely» («intimately connected»); in stories it shows how well someone knows a place or a person. Phrases: know something intimately, intimately connected, intimately linked.
examples
- The old fisherman knew the river intimately. tree →
- Weather and farming are intimately linked. tree →
- She knew every corner of the castle intimately. tree →
- The two friends talked intimately by the fire. tree →
- Plants and bees are intimately connected. tree →
- The guide knew the mountain paths intimately after forty years. tree →
- Our health is intimately tied to what we eat and how we sleep. tree →
- Bernhard Schmidt's excellent work is full of examples which prove how intimately they are connected. tree →
note
Adverb from «intimate» + «-ly». It is neutral in «know something intimately» (very well), but used about two people it can mean a romantic relationship, so in school writing «closely» is often safer. Stress: IN-ti-mate-ly.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «intimately» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.