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Definition of tightly in English: tightlyadverb ˈtʌɪtliˈtaɪtli 1Closely and firmly. my hand gripped tightly on to the knife my eyes were tightly shut a tightly sealed container Example sentencesExamples - Carefully shake off excess moisture and pack tightly in a strong box.
- Check boxes and lids to ensure they're still tightly sealed.
- The floors are locally quarried slate, hand-cut to fit tightly together in random patterns.
- Very little odor will be released from tightly covered storage structures.
- The aphid feeds within the whorl of the upper leaves, causing the leaf to remain tightly rolled.
- 1.1 With very firm or strict control.
the government tightly controlled the movement of money public companies are tightly regulated Example sentencesExamples - Should science be controlled more tightly?
- The author's study is more tightly restricted to a single saint, John the Evangelist.
- The idea was to test his exchange rate hypothesis in a tightly specified model.
- All minerals are regulated very tightly in the blood.
- How apt that such a rigorous game as chess would play a role in this tightly controlled home.
- 1.2 In a disciplined or well coordinated manner.
tightly choreographed dance moves tightly reasoned arguments Example sentencesExamples - The San Francisco firm cut its campus housing teeth on a pair of tightly budgeted graduate residences at the university.
- It is useful to have such an overview in one volume, though I regret it was not more tightly edited.
- Legumes generally grow for some time past the corn harvest, and can take land away from the tightly scheduled sequential cropping typical of Asian agriculture.
- Their design process was tightly coordinated with construction management, including repeated cost estimates and subsequent adjustments.
- The painting is tightly designed, with an emphasis on line and a pale, fresco-like surface.
Definition of tightly in US English: tightlyadverbˈtītlēˈtaɪtli 1Closely and firmly. my hand gripped tightly onto the knife my eyes were tightly shut a tightly sealed container Example sentencesExamples - Check boxes and lids to ensure they're still tightly sealed.
- Carefully shake off excess moisture and pack tightly in a strong box.
- Very little odor will be released from tightly covered storage structures.
- The aphid feeds within the whorl of the upper leaves, causing the leaf to remain tightly rolled.
- The floors are locally quarried slate, hand-cut to fit tightly together in random patterns.
- 1.1 With very firm or strict control.
the government tightly controlled the movement of money public companies are tightly regulated Example sentencesExamples - Should science be controlled more tightly?
- All minerals are regulated very tightly in the blood.
- The idea was to test his exchange rate hypothesis in a tightly specified model.
- How apt that such a rigorous game as chess would play a role in this tightly controlled home.
- The author's study is more tightly restricted to a single saint, John the Evangelist.
- 1.2 In a disciplined or well coordinated manner.
tightly choreographed dance moves tightly reasoned arguments Example sentencesExamples - The San Francisco firm cut its campus housing teeth on a pair of tightly budgeted graduate residences at the university.
- It is useful to have such an overview in one volume, though I regret it was not more tightly edited.
- The painting is tightly designed, with an emphasis on line and a pale, fresco-like surface.
- Their design process was tightly coordinated with construction management, including repeated cost estimates and subsequent adjustments.
- Legumes generally grow for some time past the corn harvest, and can take land away from the tightly scheduled sequential cropping typical of Asian agriculture.
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