Word Meanings - CLOSELY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. In a close manner. 2. Secretly; privately. That nought she did but wayle, and often steepe Her dainty couch with tears which closely she did weepe. Spenser.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CLOSELY)

• Hermetically
• Air-tight
• closely
• Nearly
• Almost
• approximately

Related words: (words related to CLOSELY)

• AIR-TIGHT
  So tight as to be impermeable to air; as, an air-tight cylinder.
• NEARLY
  In a near manner; not remotely; closely; intimately; almost.
• HERMETICALLY
  1. In an hermetical manner; chemically. Boyle. 2. By fusion, so as to form an air-tight closure. Note: A vessel or tube is hermetically sealed when it is closed completely against the passage of air or other fluid by fusing the extremity;
• ALMOST
  Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part. Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. Acts xxvi. 28. Almost never, scarcely ever. -- Almost nothing, scarcely anything.
• CLOSELY
  1. In a close manner. 2. Secretly; privately. That nought she did but wayle, and often steepe Her dainty couch with tears which closely she did weepe. Spenser.
• APPROXIMATELY
  With approximation; so as to approximate; nearly.
• CURVILINEARLY
  In a curvilinear manner.
• LINEARLY
  In a linear manner; with lines.