Clōse'ly, adv.
Sense 1. In a close manner; densely; nearly; pressingly. Follow Fluellen closely at the heels. Shak. Thou art sworn . . . As closely to conceal what we impart. Shak. I hope I have translated closely enough, and given them the same turn of verse which they had in the original. Dryden. 2. Secretly; privately. [Obs.] “His wandering peril closely did lament.” Spenser.