Closely and Really

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Closely adverb - To a close degree.

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Really and closely are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Really" instead an adverb "Closely".

Nearby Words: close, closeness, closer

Really adverb - In actual fact.

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Closely and really are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Closely" instead an adverb "Really".

Nearby Words: realize, real, reality, realistic, realization

It also follows the original canon and timeline quite closely, and the characterization is really good.

Source: Fanfic Recs / A Song of Ice and Fire
He takes her along, she really touches the tiger quite closely, noticing everything about it, whereupon she is so happy by what he has done, that she goes home with him and screws his brains out.

Source: Disabled Love Interest
Both Buck and Rayford, by working very closely with the Antichrist, helping him constantly, refusing to inform anyone of who he really is, and not doing a thing to stop him, are well past "Designated Hero" and into "Designated Not-The Dragon," which they would be in almost any story.

Source: Designated Hero / Literature

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