closely Copy link • closely: Phr.: to sit c., arcte sedere, Cic.: to embrace c., arcte complecti, Cic.: things very c. connected, res subtiliter connexae, Lucr.: to follow any one very c., alicujus vestigiis ingredi, Cic.: to question any one c., ex aliquo subtiliter, diligenter, exacte, de aliqua re quaerere: v. accurately, carefully; intimately.