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Closely

/ˈkləʊsli/

In a manner that is near in space, time, or relationship.

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Watch the baby closely while she sleeps.The two events are closely related in time.

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Derived from the early 14th-century term close, from the Old French clos, meaning shut, confined, from Latin clausus, past participle of claudere, to shut.

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