English-Portuguese translations for closely

• de perto
  Este assunto deverá ser acompanhado de perto. This must be monitored closely.
  Acompanharemos muito de perto esta questão. We will follow it up very closely.
  Temos acompanhado o processo muito de perto. We have been monitoring very closely.
• proximamente
  Cooperamos muito proximamente com o Provedor de Justiça e entendemos que este realiza um óptimo trabalho. We cooperate very closely with the Ombudsman, and believe he does a very good job.
  A Islândia já coopera proximamente com a União Europeia enquanto membro do Espaço Económico Europeu, dos Acordos de Schengen e do Regulamento de Dublin. Iceland is already cooperating closely with the European Union as a member of the European Economic Area, of the Schengen Agreements and the Dublin Regulation.

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