# tightly

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈtaɪtli/ · frequency rank #10,295

## Definitions
1. In a tight manner.
2. Curtly in a way that suggests anger or other intense emotion is being contained.

## Etymology
From tight + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **tights** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tightly-vs-tights)
- **tight** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tight-vs-tightly)
- **tighter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tighter-vs-tightly)
- **tighten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tighten-vs-tightly)

## Common misspellings (12)
`itghtly`, `tgihtly`, `tigghtly`, `tighhtly`, `tighlty`, `tightlly`, `tightlyy`, `tighttly`, `tightyl`, `tigthly`, `tihgtly`, `ttightly`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tightly