əˈfɛɹ əˈfɛə əˈmʊər ɑːˈmʊr ˈkləʊsnəs fəmɪlɪˈæɹɪti ˈɪn.tɪ.mə.si liˈeɪ.zɒ̃ li.ˈeɪ.zɑn close or warm friendship the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy a feeling of being intimate and belonging together their closeness grew as the night wore on a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship