TIGHTLY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Securely fixed or fastened

Example:

the window was tightly sealed

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

tight (securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In a tight or constricted manner

Example:

a tightly packed pub

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

tight (closely constrained or constricted or constricting)

Credits

Context examples:

A chemical compound that binds tightly to metal ions.

(Chelating agent, NCI Dictionary)

When I came to I found that it was still bleeding, so I tied one end of my handkerchief very tightly round the wrist and braced it up with a twig.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The investigators determined that the antibody, FluA-20, binds tightly to an area on the globular head of the HA protein that is only very briefly accessible to antibody attack.

(Human antibody reveals hidden vulnerability in influenza virus, National Institutes of Health)

A treatment using gamma rays, a type of high-energy radiation that can be tightly focused on small tumors or other lesions in the head or neck, so very little normal tissue receives radiation.

(Gamma Knife, NCI Dictionary)

A second theory is that the magnetic field lines within the gas flowing towards Sgr A* could be tightly packed and become tangled.

(NASA’s Chandra Detects Record-Breaking Outburst from Milky Way’s Black Hole, NASA)

A drug or other substance that is tightly controlled by the government because it may be abused or cause addiction.

(Controlled substance, NCI Dictionary)

The decidual cells form a tightly adherent, massive cellular matrix that first surrounds the implanting embryo and later occupies most of the endometrium.

(Decidual Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

A tube-shaped tobacco product that is made of tightly rolled, cured tobacco leaves in a tobacco leaf wrapper or a wrapper that contains tobacco.

(Cigar, NCI Dictionary)

A benign endocervical polypoid epithelial hyperplasia characterized by the presence of tightly packed glandular structures.

(Cervical Microglandular Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)

He tore a long strip from one of his two blankets and bound the ankle tightly.