The state of being shut, pressed together, or united. Hence according to the nature of the thing to which the word is applied.

Compactness; solidity; as the closeness of texture in wood or fossils.

Narrowness; straitness; as of a place.

Tightness in building, or in apartments; firmness of texture in cloth.

Want of ventilation; applied to a close room, or to the air confined in it .

Confinement or retirement of a person; recluseness; solitude.

Reserve in intercourse; secrecy; privacy; caution.

Covetousness; penuriousness.

Connection; near union; intimacy, whether of friendship, or of interest; as the closeness of friendship, or of alliance.

Pressure; urgency; variously applied; as the closeness of an agreement, or of debate; the closeness of a question or inquiry.

Adherence to an original; as the closeness of a version.