English-German translations for closely

• dicht
• eng
  Der dritte Punkt ist eng damit verknüpft. The third point is closely linked.
  Diese Themen sind freilich eng miteinander verknüpft. These are, of course, closely linked.
  Da werden wir eng zusammenarbeiten. We will work closely together on this.
• genau
  Das muß genau überwacht werden. This must be monitored closely.
  Wir werden dies sehr genau beobachten. We will be watching very closely.
  Wir werden das sehr genau verfolgen. We will follow it up very closely.
• nah
  Ich werde mein Ohr wieder nah an den Betrieben haben. Once again, I will be listening closely to businesses.
• nahe

Definition of closely

• In a close manner
• secretly; privately

Examples

• 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?

Related words

• closely resemble
• closely written
• more closely
• watching closely