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tightliest

tightliest is the superlative 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 tightliest

What is tightliest the superlative form of?
Tightliest is the superlative form of tightly.

Words near tightliest in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tightliest (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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