Synonyms for closely
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1. closelyadverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   close, nearly, intimately, tight

2. close, closely, tightadverb

   in an attentive manner

   "he remained close on his guard"

   Synonyms:
   tight, nigh, fast, close, nearly, near, intimately

3. closely, intimately, nearlyadverb

   in a close manner

   "the two phenomena are intimately connected"; "the person most nearly concerned"

   Synonyms:
   most, tight, well, nigh, well-nigh, close, virtually, about, nearly, almost, near, intimately

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1. List of paraphrases for "closely":

   close, carefully, intimately, tightly, narrowly, nearly, attentively, near, almost, inextricably, intricately, strictly, closer, strongly, thoroughly, integrally, intrinsically, intensively, intently

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1. Michael McCarthy:

   Lightning in polar regions was n’t mentioned [ in this year’s Vaisala report ], but our global lightning network shows a trend for much more lightning in the northern polar regions, that trend closely tracks the observed average temperature changes over the northern hemisphere.

2. Anthony Banbury:

   It's going to go on for not just weeks but some months more. But I believe we will do it in 2015 and we're going to do it by working very closely not just with governments of the countries but the communities.

3. Public Safety spokesman Chris Olivarez:

   We're working closely with Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, with the superintendent, to see what the policies were in place.

4. Neil Chatterjee:

   Federal Energy Regulatory Commission continues to follow the reports on the situation at the Edenville and Sanford Dams. Our primary concern is the safety of Michigan residents, and we urge them all to continue heeding evacuation guidance by local emergency management agencies, when it is appropriate and safe to do so, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will send a staff engineer to the site to assist with the investigation. The Commission pledges to work closely with state officials and coordinate our investigatory efforts wherever possible.

5. The American cousin:

   My family comes from a long line of linguists and translators, and we worked very closely with the U.S. Coalition from the beginning up until the very end, the villages are very small, people know each other very well. They know that she comes from this background and she's extremely vulnerable. That's why she left her village and won't go back. But that's not to say that people in the city don't know us either.