closely (obs. in both S. uses)
1.
in close
confinement
Shr. I. i. 187
“closely mew'd her
up,”
R3 I. i. 38.
2.
secretly, covertly,
privately
LLL. IV. iii. 137
“ shrouded in this
bush,”
R3 III. i. 159,
Rom. V. iii. 255
“Meaning to keep her
closely at my cell,”
Ham. III. i. 29
“we have closely sent
for Hamlet hither.”