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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tightly/#m1)

2) Tightly means with no space, very close together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tightly/#m2)

3) Tightly controlled means watched or limited very strictly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tightly/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tightly/#x1)
- Screw the lid on tightly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tightly/#x2)
- The books were packed tightly on the shelf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tightly/#x3)
- She shut her eyes tightly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tightly/#x4)
- The baby held her finger tightly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tightly/#x5)
- Wrap the sandwich tightly so it stays fresh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tightly/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/99-the-penguin-pool/11/)
- [Seals can sleep floating upright with their noses up, hold their breath for many minutes and close their nostrils tightly when they dive.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters/9/)
- [When a crowd pushes, move to the side towards space; a crowd squeezing too tightly can crush people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/16/)
- [Marble is limestone that has been changed by heat and pressure into a rock of tightly packed crystals.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/49-sedimentary-and-metamorphic-rocks/13/)
- [Banana plants look like trees, but they are giant herbs; the "trunk" is made of tightly rolled leaves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/32-siblings-cousins-grandparents-and-the-whole-playground/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tightly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tightly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.