intimacy

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The immediate origin of and excuse for the intimacy was a lampshade.

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  1. noun The condition of being intimate.
  2. noun An instance of being intimate.

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  • Instead, the intimacy was addictive, a strange sense of closeness, of inexpressible comfort, of a simple lightness she was loath to shake. —  A Gentleman's Honor
  • We met like old friends, and our intimacy was almost instantaneous. —  Memoirs of Robert-Houdin
  • On the other hand, this intimacy is abandoned in the long, later portions of the game, when you lead your full-grown civilization in its quest for universal domination. —  CNET News.com
  • As the music moves between ballads and brashness, the intimacy is almost intoxicating. —  DVD Talk
  • He was freely admitted to intercourse with Bhuiya girls, and the children of this intimacy are the progenitors of the Rajkuli branch of the tribe. —  The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II
 

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