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Meaning of closely

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  closely
      adv 1: in a close relation or position in time or space; "the
             onsets were closely timed"; "houses set closely
             together"; "was closely involved in monitoring daily
             progress"
      2: in an attentive manner; "he remained close on his guard"
         [syn: {close}, {closely}, {tight}]
      3: in a close manner; "the two phenomena are intimately
         connected"; "the person most nearly concerned" [syn:
         {closely}, {intimately}, {nearly}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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