adv
Meaning 1
In a tight manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- tightly clenched fingers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: loosely
Standard Lemma guide
tightly
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈtaɪtli/
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CMU ARPABET: T AY1 T L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
Curtly in a way that suggests anger or other intense emotion is being contained.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
securely fixed or fastened
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the window was tightly sealed
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 4
in a tight or constricted manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a tightly packed pub
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English tight Middle English -ly English -ly English tightly From tight + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: ձիգ (jig) — in a tight manner
- Czech: těsně — in a tight manner
- Finnish: tiukasti — in a tight manner
- French: fermement — in a tight manner
- German: eng — in a tight manner
- Hungarian: szorosan — in a tight manner
- Ingrian: kiintiäst — in a tight manner
- Italian: strettamente — in a tight manner
- Marathi: घट्टपणे (ghaṭṭapṇe) — in a tight manner
- Nepali: चरप्प (carappa) — in a tight manner
- Polish: ciasno — in a tight manner
- Romanian: îngust — in a tight manner
- Romanian: strâmt — in a tight manner
- Russian: те́сно (tésno) — in a tight manner
- Russian: пло́тно (plótno) — in a tight manner
- Spanish: herméticamente — in a tight manner
- Spanish: estrechamente — in a tight manner
- Turkish: sıkıca — in a tight manner
Real reading context