tightly

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   securely fixed or fastened

   the window was tightly sealed

2. 2
   adv

   in a tight or constricted manner

   a tightly packed pub

3. 3
   adv

   In a tight manner.

   tightly clenched fingers

4. 4
   adv

   Curtly in a way that suggests anger or other intense emotion is being contained.

Etymology

From tight + -ly.