CLOSEFISTED
Close"fist`ed, a.
Defn: Covetous; niggardly. Bp. Berkeley. "Closefisted contractors."
Hawthorne.
CLOSEHANDED
Close"hand`ed, a.
Defn: Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted.
— Close"hand`ed*ness, n.
CLOSEHAULED
Close"hauled`, a. (Naut.)
Defn: Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; — said of a sailing vessel.
CLOSELY
Close"ly, adv.
1. In a close manner.
2. Secretly; privately. [Obs.] That nought she did but wayle, and often steepe Her dainty couch with tears which closely she did weepe. Spenser.
CLOSEMOUTHED
Close"mouthed`, a.