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tightlier

US/ˈtaɪt.li.ɚ/

tightlier is the comparative form 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 tightlier

What is tightlier the comparative form of?
Tightlier is the comparative form of tightly.
How do you pronounce tightlier?
Tightlier is pronounced /ˈtaɪt.li.ɚ/ (US).

Words near tightlier in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tightlier (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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