Adverb

(-)

To the full or entire extent.

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To the exclusion of others.

Adverb

(en-adv)

In a close manner.

Finnish and Estonian are closely related languages.

The borderline between East and West Berlin was very closely guarded.

The chairs are too closely spaced.

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(obsolete) secretly; privately

* Spenser

That nought she did but wayle, and often steepe / Her dainty couch with tears which closely she did weepe.