tightsome
tightsome adjective: characterised or marked by tightness.
Adjective
tightsome (comparative more tightsome, superlative most tightsome)
- Characterised or marked by tightness.
- In the subway, squeezed and tightsome,
(This is not to be a rhyme
Of the subway. That I'll write some
Other time.)1917, Franklin Pierce Adams, Weights and Measures, page 67 - I'll make the time in your tightsome schedule to stop and roll you 'round in these here leaves and give you some more learnin'.2012, Tony Kinton, Uncertain Horizons
- In the subway, squeezed and tightsome,
Adverb
tightsome (comparative more tightsome, superlative most tightsome)
- In a tightsome manner, tightly.
- Most of him rags, and all of him lean,
And the belt round his belly drawn tightsome in,
He lifted his peaked old grizzled head,
And these were the very same words he said […]1914, The Canadian Magazine - Volume 42, page 673 - Ye same lassies, tightsome bent, Come, sing along with me.1975, Walter Raymond Iley, Corbridge, Border village, page 169
- Most of him rags, and all of him lean,
Forms of tightsome
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more tightsome |
| superlative | most tightsome |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | more tightsome |
| superlative | most tightsome |
Origin of tightsome
From tight + -some.
Questions about tightsome
- What does tightsome mean?
- Tightsome means characterised or marked by tightness.
- What part of speech is tightsome?
- Tightsome can be an adjective or an adverb.
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