Word Meanings - TIGHTLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

In a tight manner; closely; nearly.

Related words: (words related to TIGHTLY)

• TIGHTENER
  That which tightens; specifically , a tightening pulley.
• TIGHT
  p. p. of Tie. Spenser.
• MANNERIST
  One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under Mannerism.
• NEARLY
  In a near manner; not remotely; closely; intimately; almost.
• MANNERISM
  Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art. Mannerism is pardonable,and is sometimes even agreeable, when the manner, though vicious, is natural
• TIGHTNESS
  The quality or condition of being tight.
• TIGHTEN
  To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner. Just where I please, with tightened rein I'll urge thee round the dusty plain. Fawkes. Tightening pulley , a pulley which rests, or is forced, against a driving belt to tighten it.
• TIGHTER
  A ribbon or string used to draw clothes closer.
• MANNERLINESS
  The quality or state of being mannerly; civility; complaisance. Sir M. Hale.
• TIGHTLY
  In a tight manner; closely; nearly.
• MANNERED
  1. Having a certain way, esp a. polite way, of carrying and conducting one's self. Give her princely training, that she may be Mannered as she is born. Shak. 2. Affected with mannerism; marked by excess of some characteristic peculiarity. His style
• CLOSELY
  1. In a close manner. 2. Secretly; privately. That nought she did but wayle, and often steepe Her dainty couch with tears which closely she did weepe. Spenser.
• MANNER
  manual, skillful, handy, fr. LL. manarius, for L. manuarius 1. Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion. The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner
• MANNERCHOR
  A German men's chorus or singing club.
• MANNERLY
  Showing good manners; civil; respectful; complaisant. What thou thinkest meet, and is most mannerly. Shak.
• TIGHTS
  Close-fitting garments, especially for the lower part of the body and the legs.
• WINDTIGHT
  So tight as to prevent the passing through of wind. Bp. Hall.
• WATER-TIGHT
  So tight as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky.
• UNMANNERLY
  Not mannerly; ill-bred; rude. -- adv.
• HIGHTY-TIGHTY
  Hoity-toity.
• GASTIGHT
  So tightly fitted as to preclude the escape of gas; impervious to gas.
• RAIN-TIGHT
  So tight as to exclude rain as, a rain-tight roof.
• UNTIGHTEN
  To make less tight or tense; to loosen.
• OVERMANNER
  In an excessive manner; excessively. Wiclif.
• ILL-MANNERED
  Impolite; rude.
• WELL-MANNERED
  Polite; well-bred; complaisant; courteous. Dryden.
• HAND-TIGHT
  As tight as can be made by the hand. Totten.
• CURVILINEARLY
  In a curvilinear manner.