closely
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- If something is closely related, linked, or involved it is strongly so.
- Antonym: distantly
- The birds on this island are closely related to those on the mainland.
- If you watch something closely, you watch it very carefully.
- If you work closely with somebody, you cooperate a lot in the work.
- If one thing follows another closely, they are close in space or time.