Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

intimately

/ˈɪntɪmətli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English

Syllables: in-ti-mate-ly
IPA: /ˈɪntɪmətli/

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an intimate manner.

Example Sentences

"I have tried to find friends like me […] but have failed to form even one prolonged relationship. Only a few of them could understand how I felt and a couple of them allowed me to express my love as intimately and vigorously as I wanted to."

Etymology

Etymology tree English intimate Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English intimately From intimate + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more intimately (comparative) most intimately (superlative)

Synonyms

inly well closely nearly

Questions

How do you pronounce intimately?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɪntɪmətli/.
What does intimately mean?: In an intimate manner.
Where does intimately come from?: Etymology tree English intimate Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English intimately From intimate + -ly.

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