tightly

«tightly» in Mova's school dictionary: firmly and closely, so it does not move or come loose — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

1) Tightly means firmly and closely, so it does not move or come loose. tree →

2) Tightly means with no space, very close together. tree →

3) Tightly controlled means watched or limited very strictly. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday safety, screw lids tightly on medicine and cleaning bottles; hold a younger child's hand tightly near roads. In science and cooking, tightly packed or sealed things keep air out. In stories, holding something tightly shows fear or love. Phrases: hold tightly, close tightly, tightly packed, shut tightly, tightly wrapped.

examples

• Hold my hand tightly when we cross the road. tree →
• Screw the lid on tightly. tree →
• The books were packed tightly on the shelf. tree →
• She shut her eyes tightly. tree →
• The baby held her finger tightly. tree →
• Wrap the sandwich tightly so it stays fresh. tree →

note

Adjective: tight. With some verbs people also use "tight" as an adverb: "hold tight", "sleep tight". Opposite: loosely. Tightly is about firmness, not about tiredness or money.

In the corpora

• Penguins also keep warm with a thick layer of fat and tightly packed waterproof feathers.
• Seals can sleep floating upright with their noses up, hold their breath for many minutes and close their nostrils tightly when they dive.
• When a crowd pushes, move to the side towards space; a crowd squeezing too tightly can crush people.
• Marble is limestone that has been changed by heat and pressure into a rock of tightly packed crystals.
• Banana plants look like trees, but they are giant herbs; the "trunk" is made of tightly rolled leaves.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tightly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.