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intimacy
What does intimacy mean?
intimacy (noun): close or warm friendship.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use intimacy in a sentence?
- Their intimacy grew with the years. (Tatoeba sentence #305232 by CM, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce intimacy?
/ˈɪntəməsi/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does intimacy come from?
From intim(ate) + -acy.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “intimacy” mean?
close or warm friendship
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a sum or source of money
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a view, vista or outlook
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a source of illumination
Not quite: that's what light means.
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