Definitions for tightly
tight·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. tightlyadverb

   in a tight or constricted manner

   "a tightly packed pub"

2. tightlyadverb

   securely fixed or fastened

   "the window was tightly sealed"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tightlyadverb

   In a tight manner.

   tightly clenched fingers

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tightlyadverb

   Etymology: from tight.

   1. Closely; not loosely.2. Neatly; not idly.

   Hold, sirrah, bear you these letters tightly;
   Sail, like my pinnace, to these golden shores. William Shakespeare.

   Handle your pruning-knife with dexterity: tightly, I say, go tightly to your business; you have cost me much. Dryden.

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1. tightly

   Blacklisted is the third studio album by American musician Neko Case, released on August 20, 2002. Blacklisted marked a departure from the alternative country sounds of Case's first two solo albums(?). Guest musicians on the album include Howe Gelb, Kelly Hogan, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Joey Burns, John Convertino, and Dallas Good. As of 2009, sales in the United States have exceeded 113,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

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1. tightly

   Tightly refers to a state or condition where something is firmly or closely fixed in place, not easily moved or loosened. It can also refer to something done in a close or compact way without gaps or spaces in between.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Tightlyadverb

   in a tight manner; closely; nearly

British National Corpus

1. Adverbs Frequency

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

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How to pronounce tightly?

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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. House Speaker Paul Ryan:

   I said that some bills might fail because we are not going to tightly control the process and predetermine the outcome around here.

2. 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.

3. Kathleen Vohs:

   Clutter is very stressful on people's psychology, and there have been a number of studies that have looked at what clutter does to people's minds, and from that we can take the perspective that things that are tightly organized are going to have the opposite effect.

4. Vitamin D:

   Aging is a progressive, degenerative process tightly integrated with inflammation. A number of theories have been developed that attempt to define the role of chronic inflammation in aging.

5. Jerome Powell:

   We know that this is a time for us to be tightly focused on the time ahead and getting inflation back down to 2 %, no one should doubt our resolve in doing that... What we need to see is inflation coming down in a clear and convincing way.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=tightly
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tightly
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=tightly
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tightly
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tightly
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=tightly