Used in a Sentence

tightly

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for tightly.

Editorial note

Our data scientists are a small and tightly knit team of data scientist and engineers.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

In a tight manner.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of tightly gathered in one view.

adverb

In a tight manner.

adverb

(of speech) Curtly in a way that suggests anger or other intense emotion is being contained.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for tightly.

adverb

In a tight manner.

adverb

(of speech) Curtly in a way that suggests anger or other intense emotion is being contained.

Example sentences

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Our data scientists are a small and tightly knit team of data scientist and engineers.

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You can see how far does this go since these three huge competitors actually chose to cooperate tightly on this one.

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It's partly due to the government forcing down interest rates (tightly regulated banks - so savers may have negative real interest).

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Cameron's achievement is to integrate it tightly with the existing cinematic language of the lens.

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By controlling the environment tightly, the manufacturer can be sure to exclude malicious software.

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Bing is now tightly integrated within Windows since version 8, ads and all.

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All other dangerous networks like highways, runways and gas pipelines are tightly regulated.

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For the term to be meaningful, 'bug' needs to be more tightly defined - a discrepancy between the specification (both as stated and intended[1]) and the actual behaviour of the code is a bug.

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True, though tightly woven communities have many implicit rules, sometimes explicit, that can govern anything from sexuality to what you wear and where you live.

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However, Microsoft has its tentacles more tightly wound around Windows users.

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It won by being more tightly integrated into the browser.

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They will almost inevitably mean tightly coupling your tests to architecture you know is bad, a mess of unnecessary mock objects and an inability to write tests for real bug scenarios that users report.

Quote examples

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Unfortunately, "ability to write basic code" and "ability to talk like professionals" are not tightly correlated.

Proper noun examples

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Tightly woven communities are absent from modern lives as there has been a big push for individualism and materialism.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use tightly in a sentence?

Our data scientists are a small and tightly knit team of data scientist and engineers.

What does tightly mean?

In a tight manner.

What part of speech is tightly?

tightly is commonly used as adverb.