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tightly

/ˈtaɪtli/

tightly adverb: in a tight manner.

Adverb

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

  1. In a tight manner.
    • tightly clenched fingers
    • Clutching my cure / I tightly lock the door / I try to catch my breath again2003, Linkin Park, “Breaking the Habit”, in Meteora
    Antonyms:
    loosely
  2. Curtly in a way that suggests anger or other intense emotion is being contained.

tightly meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam and Kannada

tightly in Tamil

சிக்கென, சி, கெட்டியாக, ஒஞ்சு, உரக்க, அழுந்த

tightly in Marathi

in a tight manner
घट्टपणे ghaṭṭapṇe

tightly in Malayalam

മുറുകെ, ഇറുകെ, ദൃഢമായി

tightly in Kannada

ಗುತ್ತನೆ, ಬಿಗಿಯಾಗಿ
More languagesFewer languages
tightly in Nepali
चरप्प carappa

Examples of tightly in a sentence

  • She clutched her purse tightly and walked nervously into the building.
  • A line or cable supported by its ends sags, even if it is tightly drawn.
  • A tightly knit coterie of executive powerbrokers made all the real decisions in the company.

All 40 example sentences with tightly

Antonyms of tightly

Forms of tightly

comparativetightlier
comparativemore tightly
superlativetightliest
superlativemost tightly

Origin of tightly

From tight + -ly.

Questions about tightly

What does tightly mean?
Tightly means in a tight manner.
What is tightly in Tamil?
Tightly in Tamil is சிக்கென, சி, கெட்டியாக. See Tightly meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tightly?
Tightly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce tightly?
Tightly is pronounced /ˈtaɪtli/.

Words near tightly in the dictionary

  1. tightliest
  2. tightlipped
  3. tightlippedness
  4. tightlock
  5. tightlocks
  6. tightly
  7. tightner
  8. tightness
  9. tightnesses
  10. tightrope
  11. tightrope artist

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tightly (page history and authors); tightly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tightly (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tightly (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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