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tightnesses

tightnesses is the plural of tightness.

Meaning of tightness

Noun

tightness (countable and uncountable, plural tightnesses)

  1. The quality or degree of being tight.
    • The preference for tightness during intercourse is so well known in Western culture that U.S. obstetricians even have a term for the extra stitch they often perform when doing episiotomy repairs following childbirth: the "husband's stitch." The husband's stitch is intended to produce a smaller...2001, Ellen Gruenbaum, The Female Circumcision Controversy: An Anthropological Perspective

Questions about tightnesses

What is tightnesses the plural of?
Tightnesses is the plural of tightness.

Words near tightnesses in the dictionary

  1. tightlock
  2. tightlocks
  3. tightly
  4. tightner
  5. tightness
  6. tightnesses
  7. tightrope
  8. tightrope artist
  9. tightrope artists
  10. tightrope dancer
  11. tightrope walk

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