What does tightly mean?
Definitions for tightly
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Princeton's WordNet
tightlyadverb
in a tight or constricted manner
"a tightly packed pub"
tightlyadverb
securely fixed or fastened
"the window was tightly sealed"
Wiktionary
tightlyadverb
In a tight manner.
tightly clenched fingers
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Tightlyadverb
Etymology: from tight.
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.
Wikipedia
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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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 Dictionary
Tightlyadverb
in a tight manner; closely; nearly
British National Corpus
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'tightly' in Adverbs Frequency: #324
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tightly in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tightly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of tightly in a Sentence
You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.
A book tightly shut is but a block of paper.
All the airlines have some extra planes at any period of time. But in the summer the system is strained more tightly.
We even gave some non-Muslims our religious attire to wear in the bus so that they would not be identified easily. We stuck together tightly, the militants threatened to shoot us but we still refused and protected our brothers and sisters. Finally they gave up and left but warned that they would be back.
It further diversifies QIC's existing U.S. retail property portfolio, providing a unique opportunity to take a strategic stake in a quality retail asset within a tightly held institutional asset class, and provides even further geographic exposure to the U.S. East Coast.
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