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tightly

ADVERB
fast
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
loosely unfixedly




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Freezing the liquid core, however, creates an exceptionally dense and tightly confined environment.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

You’d anticipate moments like that to be embellished with improv, but it’s all tightly scripted.“Of all the TV comedies I’ve worked on, this one has the most already on the page,” says DeYoung.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Nvidia’s new partnerships with financial players help mitigate concerns that the company is too tightly linked to its customers, according to BofA and Morgan Stanley.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Through the trunks, we get the occasional glimpse of the razed farmland which tightly fences this pocket of protected woodland.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

The other group was told to hold their rope tightly to make sure the obelisk did not get pulled too far upright and topple over.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman




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