closely in WordNet English dictionary

1. in an attentive manner
   "he remained close on his guard"
   close  closely  tight  close  closely  tight 
   
2. in a close relation or position in time or space
   "the onsets were closely timed"; "houses set closely together"; "was closely involved in monitoring daily progress"
   closely  closely 
   
3. in a close manner
   "the two phenomena are intimately connected"; "the person most nearly concerned"
   closely  intimately  nearly  closely  intimately  nearly