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The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse; freedom from ceremony and constraint; intimacy; as, to live in remarkable familiarity.

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  1. n. The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse; freedom from ceremony and constraint; intimacy; as, to live in remarkable familiarity.
  2. n. Anything said or done by one person to another unceremoniously and without constraint; esp., in the pl., such actions and words as propriety and courtesy do not warrant; liberties.
  3. n. personal knowledge or information about someone or something
  4. n. usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known
  5. n. close or warm friendship
  6. n. a casual manner
  7. n. an act of undue intimacy
  8. 1. The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse; freedom from ceremony and constraint; intimacy; as, to live in remarkable familiarity. 2. Anything said or done by one person to another unceremoniously and without constraint; esp., in the pl., such actions and words as propriety and courtesy do not warrant; liberties. Syn. -- Acquaintance; fellowship; affability; intimacy. See Acquaintance.
  9. n:100 n. usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known n. close or warm friendship n. an act of undue intimacy