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tighteningly

tighteningly adverb: so as to tighten.

Adverb

tighteningly (comparative more tighteningly, superlative most tighteningly)

  1. So as to tighten.

Forms of tighteningly

comparativemore tighteningly
superlativemost tighteningly

Origin of tighteningly

From tightening + -ly.

Questions about tighteningly

What does tighteningly mean?
Tighteningly means so as to tighten.
What part of speech is tighteningly?
Tighteningly is an adverb.

Words near tighteningly in the dictionary

  1. tightening one's belt
  2. tightening the purse strings
  3. tightening the purse-strings
  4. tightening the pursestrings
  5. tightening up
  6. tighteningly
  7. tightenings
  8. tightens
  9. tightens down
  10. tightens one's belt
  11. tightens the purse strings

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