intimate

Closely acquainted; familiar.

an intimate friend

He and his sister deeply valued their intimate relationship as they didn't have much else to live for.

Of or involved in a sexual relationship.

She enjoyed some intimate time alone with her husband.

The man, who had been arrested for being intimate with a donkey, admitted the conduct in question but claimed that the donkey had not been a donkey when he met her at a nightclub last Saturday night, but rather a prostitute.

Personal; private.

an intimate setting

Pertaining to details that require great familiarity to know

The candidate showed an intimate knowledge of the inner workings of politics.

Grélard et al.⁸⁷ determined the intimate structure of pseudoviral particles of hepatitis B subvirus using solid-state NMR, light scattering, and cryo-electron microscopy.

Very finely mixed.

Black powder consists of an intimate mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur.

A very close friend.

Only a couple of intimates had ever read his writing.

Women's underwear, sleepwear, or lingerie, especially offered for sale in a store.

You'll find bras and panties in the intimates section upstairs.

To suggest or disclose (something) discreetly.

He intimated that we should leave before the argument escalated.

And ſince this Family, called Ciu, which now holdeth the Souereigntie, hath reigned, it is called Min [translating 明 (Míng)], which intimateth Splendour, and by vſuall addition of one ſyllable Ta-min [translating 大明 (Dàmíng)], that is, the Kingdome of Great Splendour, Brightneſſe or Glory.

To notify.

I will intimate you when the details are available.