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Synonyms for tightly
tight·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. tightlyadverb

    in a tight or constricted manner

    "a tightly packed pub"

  2. tightlyadverb

    securely fixed or fastened

    "the window was tightly sealed"

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#3986tight
#4254strongly
#4584closely
#6101strictly
#11406firmly
#12994tightly
#30261intimately
#37093rigorously
#77992hermetically

How to use tightly in a sentence?

  1. Roger John:

    When you are in a state of nonacceptance, it's difficult to learn. A clenched fist cannot receive a gift, and a clenched psyche grasped tightly against the reality of what must not be accepted cannot easily receive a lesson.

  2. Jonathan Reiner:

    If you think about it, President Donald Trump went to Tulsa during a surge in viral activity there. President Donald Trump was in a tightly packed venue with thousands of people, almost all who were not wearing masks, and this is how you get, how you acquire, the virus.

  3. James McGlew:

    Quite clearly there's an expectation following last week's rate drop that their margins aren't going to be squeezed as tightly as markets were originally thinking.

  4. Peter Bartos:

    Given the sheer volume of air traffic over land its not too surprising that there could have been a fewdisappearances of aircraft, especially in remote regions where air traffic control isn't as tightly regulated or well equipped as in the United States or Western Europe.

  5. Tom Malinowski:

    If we impeach the President for everything he has done that is impeachable, it would probably take us until 2025. Let's be smart, disciplined and focused about this and get it done, i think this is where you're hearing moderates speak up. We want something that's very tightly defined.


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