"tightly" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈtaɪtli/ Forms: tightlier [comparative], more tightly [comparative], tightliest [superlative], most tightly [superlative]
Etymology: From tight + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tight|ly}} tight + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|er|more}} tightly (comparative tightlier or more tightly, superlative tightliest or most tightly)
  1. In a tight manner. Translations (in a tight manner): ձիգ (jig) (Armenian), těsně (Czech), tiukasti (Finnish), fermement (French), eng (German), kiintiäst (Ingrian), strettamente (Italian), चरप्प (carappa) (Nepali), ciasno (Polish), îngust (Romanian), strâmt (Romanian), те́сно (tésno) (Russian), пло́тно (plótno) (Russian), herméticamente (Spanish), sıkıca (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-tightly-en-adv-AkRldnpv Disambiguation of 'in a tight manner': 95 5
  2. (of speech) Curtly in a way that suggests anger or other intense emotion is being contained.
    Sense id: en-tightly-en-adv-eVzHLCzH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 5 95

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