tightly

/ˈtʌɪtli/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈtʌɪtli/

tightly

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Final y vowel sound

tig - htly -> tightly

Myanmar meaning

(adv) တင်းတင်းကျပ်ကျပ်

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tight /taÇt/ adj (-er, -est )

၁။ မြဲသော။ ကျပ်သော။ မလှုပ်သာသော။ a tight knot ❍ keep a tight hold on the rope ❍ My belt's too tight ^___ I need to let it out a bit. ❍ The drawer is so tight I can't open it.
၂။ ကျပ်သော။ a tight joint ❍ These shoes are too tight for me. Compare LOOSE adj ၆ (ခ) See also AIRTIGHT, SKIN- TIGHT, WATERTIGHT
၃။ (က) ကျပ်သော။ ခဲသော။ a tight mass of fibres ❍ a tight schedule (ie leaving little time to spare) ❍ With six of us in the car it was a tight squeeze.
(ခ) ပွတ်ကာသီကာ အနိုင်အရှုံးရှိသော။ a tight race/ match/ contest.
၄။ အကျပ် အတည်း။ Having no money put me in a tight corner/ spot.
၅။ တင်းကျပ်သော။ tight security/ constraints/ sanctions.
၆။ တင်းသော။ တင်းကျပ်သော။ a tight rope/ rein ❍ The cord was stretched tight. ❍ My chest feels rather tight (eg because of ASTHMA).
၇။ ထောင့်ကျဉ်း သော။ a tight bend in the road.
၈။ (infml ) မူး[သော]။ လွတ်[သော]။ I got a bit tight at the party.
၉။ (ငွေ)ကျပ်သော။ We can't go to Florida this year ^___ money's too tight.
၁၀။ (infml derog ) ကပ်စေးနှဲသော။ တိုသော။ She's very tight with her money.
adv မြဲမြဲ။ သေသေချာချာ။ Hold tight!
❏ keep a tight rein on sb/ sth [IDM ] တင်းတင်းကျပ်ကျပ် ကိုင်သည်။
❏ tight-fisted adj စေးနှဲသော။ တွန့်တိုသော။
❏ tight-knit adj စည်းလုံးသော။
❏ tight-lipped adj နှုတ်လုံသော။ နှုတ်စောင့်သော။ ရေငုံ နှုတ်ပိတ်နေသော။
❏ tightly adv မြဲမြဲ။ တင်းတင်းကျပ်ကျပ်။ လုံအောင်။ hold/ hug/ grip sb tightly ❍ tightly sealed. tightness n [U]

More examples

A tight skirt/dress
The first hat was a bit tight.
She hugged Marco in a tight grip.
She had twisted her hair into a tight knot.
The screw was so tight I couldn’t turn it.
Security has been very tight throughout the Prince’s visit.
It was politically desirable to have a tight economic policy.
Tight control of costs
A tight performance by the cast
They kept things tight for the first half of the game.
[a tight budget] : Holidays for people on a tight budget
[money is tight/things are tight] : Things will be a little tight for a few months.
If time is tight, cook the chicken the day before.
[a tight schedule/deadline/timetable] : We’re going to be working to a very tight schedule.
You can just about park here, but it’s pretty tight.
[a tight squeeze] : It’s a tight squeeze for all of you in our little house.
He gave her a tight smile.
His throat was too tight to allow the words to escape.
A tight bundle of sticks
Keep the windows tightly closed.
The campaign had been tightly controlled from start to finish.
The skirt fits a little too tightly around the waist.

Synonyms

taut, stretched, tense, firm, stiff, rigid, fixed, unyielding, airtight, arduous, awkward, blind, blocked, body-hugging, bolted, boozy, bound, buzzed, cheap, choking, clasped, close, close-fitting, clumped, compact, constricted, contracted, cramped, cramping, critical, crowded, crushing, cutting, dangerous, dense, difficult, distressing, disturbing, drawn, drunk, drunken, durably, enduring, enduringly, established, exacting, fast, fastened, firmly, fitted, fixedly, grasping, hard, harsh, hazardous, hermetic, hermetically sealed, hidebound, high, impenetrable, impermeable, impervious, inebriated, inflexible, intoxicated, invulnerable, like a rock, loaded, locked, mean, miserly, motionlessly, nailed, narrow, near, niggardly, obstructed, padlocked, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, perilous, pickled, pinching, plastered, plugged, precarious, problematic, proof, punishing, quick, rigidly, rough, sealed, secure, securely, set, severe, sharply, short, shrunken, shut, skintight, slammed, smashed, smothering, snapped, snug, solid, solidly, sound, soundly, sparing, stable, stably, steadfastly, steady, stern, stewed, sticky, stiffly, stingy, stoned, stopped up, strained, strict, stringent, strong, sturdy, tautly, tenacious, thick, ticklish, tied, tied up, tightened, tightfisted, tightly, tipsy, tough, tricky, troublesome, trying, unbending, uncomfortable, under the influence, unflinchingly, unshakeably, upsetting, watertight, worrisome

Antonyms

baggy, broken, calm, comfortable, definite, easy, easy-going, flexible, free, generous, giving, intermittent, laid-back, lax, loose, moderate, nice, open, pliable, pliant, reasonable, slack, slow, sober, soft, uncaring, uncrowded, unfixed, unsealed, unstable, untroubled, untrustworthy, weak, wide, wobbly, yielding

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