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/klˈoʊsli/ Listen

adverb

Closely adv.

In a close manner.

Secretly; privately. (Obs.) "That nought she did but wayle, and often steepe Her dainty couch with tears which closely she did weepe."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... particular intelligence proved afterwards to be false, but Hood was continued on his duty. A month later he was ordered to move from the windward to the leeward side of the island, and to blockade Fort Royal closely. Against this change he remonstrated, and the event showed him to be right; but Rodney insisted, saying that from his experience he knew that a fleet could remain off Fort Royal for months without dropping ...

— The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence • A. T. Mahan

... by his sycophants and guards, had lorded it over a solar system, was now an inferno. Those who had been too closely identified with the dictator's rule to hope for forgiveness were fighting to the last, seeking only a quick death in combat; one by one, their isolated points of resistance were being wiped out. The corridors and chambers of the huge palace ...

— Flight From Tomorrow • Henry Beam Piper

... closely and leisurely, not one minute, but many minutes, passing while they were thus engaged. Then Luella said: "I'm going to read the letter. It's all the same whether we read it here ...

— Holiday Stories for Young People • Various

... women at windows, handkerchiefs and veils in their hands. Before him was a red mist sown with sparks, but every minute or two the mist was rent open by the blast of a cannon, and then the fragments of shell whistled again about his ears. He kept his eyes on Jackson, endeavoring to follow him as closely ...

— The Scouts of Stonewall • Joseph A. Altsheler

... market economy and high standard of living, is closely tied to other EU economies, especially Germany's. Membership in the EU has drawn an influx of foreign investors attracted by Austria's access to the single European market and proximity to EU aspirant economies. Slow growth in Germany and elsewhere in the world held the economy to 0.7% growth ...

— The 2004 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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