I fear I haven't read the stories all that closely.

When read closely, it reveals itself as a true document of its times.

Read closely, for example, the paragraph about food; note the detail with which every aspect of the meal is described.

Closely reading books, Prose studied word choice and sentence construction.

Read closely, the letter is evasive, but it served the administration's purpose.

Be sure to read over the contract closely and keep...

They would rather have their work read closely than hop into the sack.

The clerk returned with a copy of the two- page agreement, which Reggie read closely.

Then I read closely and realized that it was an advertisement.

He said he had signed it only after closely reading the first paragraph.