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closely

adv
/ˈkləʊsliː/

Etymology

From close + -ly.

  1. derived from *kleh₂w-✻
  2. derived from clausus
  3. derived from clos
  4. inherited from clos — “close, shut up, confined, secret”
  5. inherited from clȳsan
  6. inherited from clusen — “to close”
  7. inherited from closen
  8. formed as closely — “close + -ly”

Definitions

  1. 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; could you move them apart?

  2. secretly

    secretly; privately

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at closely. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at closely. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at closely

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA