Closely
Closely adverb - To a close degree.
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Synonyms for Closely
Firmly and closely are semantically related in tightly topic. In some cases you can use "Firmly" instead an adverb "Closely", when it comes to topics like approximately.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- In the Japanese Transformers Headmasters continuity, he had even managed to become firmly entrenched in the Decepticon ranks as Scorponok's closely-trusted informant.
Source: The Infiltration - When something is posted that stands firmly on one side of a hot-button debate (political bickering being the huge one, followed closely by religion, with interpretations of Mind Screws running a close third), the editing machine will grind it back down or even kill it outright.
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While they did bother making it look like it was showing America while it zooms in, if you look closely before it starts doing so, it's possible to see that the satellites were hovering over a firmly lit part of Eastern Asia, not America.
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