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tightley

tightley is the misspelling of tightly.

Meaning of tightly

Adverb

tightly (comparative tightlier or more tightly, superlative tightliest or most tightly)

  1. In a tight manner.
    • tightly clenched fingers
    Antonyms:
    loosely
  2. Curtly in a way that suggests anger or other intense emotion is being contained.

Questions about tightley

What is tightley the misspelling of?
Tightley is the misspelling of tightly.

Words near tightley in the dictionary

  1. tightknit
  2. tightlaced
  3. tightlacer
  4. tightlacers
  5. tightlacing
  6. tightley
  7. tightlier
  8. tightliest
  9. tightlipped
  10. tightlippedness
  11. tightlock

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tightley (page history and authors); tightly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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