The phrase "speaking closely" is not commonly used in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts where you want to indicate a conversation that is intimate or detailed.
Example: "While speaking closely, we were able to share our thoughts and feelings openly."
Alternatives: "talking intimately" or "discussing in detail."
Southern Province is home to the Ila-Tonga peoples, of which 12 separate groups speaking closely related dialects may be identified.
Finnic peoples, descendants of a collection of tribal peoples speaking closely related languages of the Finno-Ugric family who migrated to the area of the eastern Baltic, Finland, and Karelia before ad 400 probably between 100 bc and ad 100, though some authorities place the migration many centuries earlier.
They speak closely related languages or dialects of Guahiboan and are otherwise culturally indistinguishable.
Both nations spoke closely related languages and must have sprung from a common ancestor nation (perhaps 3000 bce or earlier).
1.30PM The road to Maseru Dr Richard Feachem, tall, quietly spoken, closely cropped beard, is looking over the dusty roads of Maseru.
Like Czechs and Slovaks, Americans and Texans speak closely related languages, share a common, if not equally intense, interest in football games (though the Dallas Cowboys could no longer style themselves "America's Team"), and enjoy each other's cuisines.
"Like Czechs and Slovaks," he wrote, "Americans and Texans speak closely related languages, share a common, if not equally intense, interest in football games … and enjoy each other's cuisines".
The name Luba applies to a variety of peoples who, though of different origins, speak closely related languages, exhibit many common cultural traits, and share a common political history with past members of the Luba empire, which flourished from approximately the late 15th through the late 19th century.
Mr Zuckerberg has evidently studied Mr Jobs's speaking style closely; and just as Mr Jobs is known for his uniform of jeans and a black mock-turtleneck, so Mr Zuckerberg has turned his combination of Adidas sandals, jeans and fleece sweaters into a trademark.
(The "body's learning," neurophysiologically speaking, is closely related to an activity of the cerebellum in conjunction with the hippocampus, although it is only that).
"His inability to speak was closely connected with an inability to think, namely, to think from the standpoint of somebody else," she wrote.
