closely secretly, privately:
“go closely in with me,”
KING JOHN, iv. 1. 133
;
“to keep her closely at my cell,”
ROMEO AND JULIET, v. 3. 254
;
“we have closely sent for Hamlet hither,”
HAMLET, iii. 1. 29.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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