Crossword-Solution: TIGHTLY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Tightly | adv. | In a tight manner; closely; nearly. |
We have 12 clues for the answer “TIGHTLY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| How hands might be held in a crowd | 1 answer |
| How huggers embrace | 1 answer |
| How seatbelts should be fastened | 1 answer |
| In a constricting way | 1 answer |
| In a miserly way | 1 answer |
| So as to be snug. | 1 answer |
| Within a restricted space | 1 answer |
| securely | 5 answers |
| fixedly | 7 answers |
| firmly | 54 answers |
| fast | 104 answers |
| Close | 124 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with TIGHTLY (5)
Bathsheba flung down the brush, crook and empty hive, pulled the skirt of her dress tightly round her ankles in a tremendous flurry, and as well as she could slid down the ladder.
Then, as the darkness grew deeper, she put her arms round my neck, and, closing her eyes, tightly pressed her face against my shoulder.
Johnson disapproved of the way in which Thea was being brought up, of a child whose chosen associates were Mexicans and sinners, and who was, as she pointedly put it, “bold with men.” She so enjoyed an opportunity to rebuke Thea, that, tightly corseted as she was, she could scarcely control her breathing, and her lace and her gold watch chain rose and fell “with short, uneasy motion.” Frowning, Thea turned away and walked slowly homeward.
For dress the insect wore a dark-blue swallowtail coat with a yellow silk lining and a flower in the button-hole; a vest of white duck that stretched tightly across the wide body; knickerbockers of fawn-colored plush, fastened at the knees with gilt buckles; and, perched upon its small head, was jauntily set a tall silk hat.
With the ring tightly clutched in her hand, she had run out of the room, down the stairs, and out into the garden, where, in complete seclusion, alone with the flowers, and the river and the birds, she could look again at the ring, and study that device more closely.
Quotes with TIGHTLY (3)
It is a long way to Ireland, Janet, and I am sorry to send my little friend on such weary travels: but if I can't do better, how is it to be helped? Are you anything akin to me, do you think, Jane?" I could risk no sort of answer by this time: my heart was still. "Because, he said, "I sometimes have a queer feeling with regard to you - especially when you are near me, as now: it is as if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs, tightly and inextricably knotted to a simila…
Claire, did I invite you to my barbeque?" Massie asked, her neck tilting to the right and her arms tightly crossed." Huh? No. I mean, I don't know," Claire said." Massie said through her teeth.
He whipped out his sheet, then pulled it over himself and wrapped it tightly around his face like an old woman in a shawl. 'How do I look?''Like the ugliest shanky girl I’ve ever seen,' Minho responded. 'You better thank the gods above you were born a dude.' 'Thanks.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Newsday, NYT, USA TODAY.
Used 8 times in crossword archives (1962–2025).