closely

adv

1. In a close manner.

   “Finnish and Estonian are closely related languages.”

   “The borderline between East and West Berlin was very closely guarded.”

   “The chairs are too closely spaced; could you move them apart?”

   “Test large, cylindrical, early portion closely coiled and always completely involute, later and larger portion uncoiled[…]”

   ““King Homer” follows the story of King Kong closely, with Mr. Burns taking the freakishly over-sized King Homer from his native Africa, where he lives proud as a simian god, to the United States, where he is an initially impressive but ultimately rather limited Broadway attraction.”

2. (obsolete)secretly; privately

   “That nought she did but wayle, and often steepe / Her dainty couch with tears which closely she did weepe.”