Antonyms for tightlytight·ly

Princeton's WordNet

1. tightlyadverb

   in a tight or constricted manner

   "a tightly packed pub"

2. tightlyadverb

   securely fixed or fastened

   "the window was tightly sealed"

How to use tightly in a sentence?

1. Liz Heatherly:

   We were horrified. I couldn’t believe that someone could be such a monster, the zip tie had been put around his mouth so tightly, his mouth was all bloody and scabbed. They believed he had been zip tied for between three and four days.

2. Shaun Moloney:

   If you are having a very tightly controlled access to that style ... but it's still available, that is welcomed by several of my associates and myself.

3. Jonathan Reiner:

   If you think about it, President Donald Trump went to Tulsa during a surge in viral activity there. President Donald Trump was in a tightly packed venue with thousands of people, almost all who were not wearing masks, and this is how you get, how you acquire, the virus.

4. Peter Bartos:

   Given the sheer volume of air traffic over land its not too surprising that there could have been a fewdisappearances of aircraft, especially in remote regions where air traffic control isn't as tightly regulated or well equipped as in the United States or Western Europe.

5. Kaleel Jamison:

   Relationships--of all kinds--are like sand held in your hand. Held loosely, with an open hand, the sand remains where it is. The minute you close your hand and squeeze tightly to hold on, the sand trickles through your fingers. You may hold onto some of it, but most will be spilled. A relationship is like that. Held loosely, with respect and freedom for the other person, it is likely to remain intact. But hold too tightly, too possessively, and the relationship slips away and is lost.

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