Definitions for tightly
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Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. tightlyadverb

   in a tight or constricted manner

   "a tightly packed pub"

2. tightlyadverb

   securely fixed or fastened

   "the window was tightly sealed"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. tightlyadverb

   In a tight manner.

   tightly clenched fingers

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Tightlyadverb

   in a tight manner; closely; nearly

British National Corpus

1. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tightly' in Adverbs Frequency: #324

How to pronounce tightly?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say tightly in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tightly in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tightly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of tightly in a Sentence

1. James McGlew:

   Quite clearly there's an expectation following last week's rate drop that their margins aren't going to be squeezed as tightly as markets were originally thinking.

2. Jon Alterman:

   What strikes me with all the calls President Joe Biden has had is they are very intentional. They are done for a purpose -- you understand what the goal is, you understand what the outcome is ; it's part of a broader strategy, what The President does is tightly integrated with The President team and with the intentions and strategies of the US government.

3. Eric Rignot:

   We have suspected for years that Thwaites was not tightly attached to the bedrock beneath it, thanks to a new generation of satellites, we can finally see the detail.

4. Chinese Proverb:

   A book tightly shut is but a block of paper.

5. Communist Yugoslav:

   Sales are now tightly controlled by the government and every piece of weapons slated for export must be approved by authorities and accounted for.

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