Synonyms for tightly
tight·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"

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1. List of paraphrases for "tightly":

   closely, hermetically, strictly, rigorously, firmly, intimately, tight, strongly

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1. Jerome Powell:

   We know that this is a time for us to be tightly focused on the time ahead and getting inflation back down to 2 %, no one should doubt our resolve in doing that... What we need to see is inflation coming down in a clear and convincing way.

2. William Walters:

   This is a tightly controlled movement in a highly screened environment that we feel is very, very safe.

3. Mona Gohara:

   For a mask to have any chance of fitting properly, it needs to be mask to skin, not mask to hair, if a mask can completely cover a beard, there( shouldn't) be any problem. If not, a beard is very likely to create a small gap between facial skin and mask unless one fastens the mask tightly.

4. 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.

5. Qingyan Chen:

   If a mask can completely cover a beard, there( shouldn't) be any problem. If not, a beard is very likely to create a small gap between facial skin and mask unless one fastens the mask tightly, the small gap would create a leakage for air to enter( the) nose when inhaling and for air with virus to go to the surroundings when one exhales.