Carefully, closely, with close attention; rigorously. Cf. narrow, adj. 4a.

Carefully, keenly; with close attention, exactly. Obsolete.

With know (in senses relating to acquaintance). Formerly also with can. Closely, in detail.

With fixed attention; carefully, heedfully; attentively, intently. Also: with attention to details; particularly, minutely. Obsolete.

Intimately, thoroughly; closely.

By bringing the eyes or mind into close proximity with an object or matter; with close attention or investigation.

With close inspection or scrutiny; carefully, narrowly. Now rare.

Closely (in various senses, esp. in respect of pressure or touching, resemblance, connection, or scrutiny). Obsolete.

In an inquisitive or observant manner, esp. so as to scrutinize someone or something deeply. Now chiefly with reference to a scrutinizing gaze.

With close attention, closely, minutely. Now rare.

In an exact or accurate manner; with careful attention to detail; with strict conformity to rule; punctually; with propriety. Now somewhat rare.

With unrelaxed care or attention to detail; without letting particulars escape notice; narrowly, closely, exactly.

In various senses, in which closely, adv. is now the ordinary word.

Concisely; precisely, exactly.

In a scrutinous manner.

In or to a minute degree; with great or absolute precision or exactness.

In a scrupulous manner; with scruple, doubt, or cautiousness; with conscientious strictness; with minute care or punctilious exactness.

With constriction, tension, or compression; closely, tensely; strictly; not loosely. Also figurative.

transferred. Sharply, piercingly, incisively. Of the exercise of the organs of sense, the attention, or the intellect.

quasi-adv. Smartly, closely.

In a scrupulous or painstaking manner; punctiliously, precisely. In earlier use esp.: overscrupulously.