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TIGHTLY

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tightly adverb

1. v. tight (II, 1).

2. bine; tare; strâns;

to hold smth. tightly a) a ţine ceva strâns / bine; b) a strânge ceva în mâini / braţe;

to fit tightly a fi bine ajustat, a se potrivi bine;

to be tightly packed a fi înghesuiţi ca sardelele.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

On their backs, in bags that fastened tightly around underneath, the dogs carried from twenty to thirty pounds of weight.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

Harrison ceased his progress and held on tightly.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

I got the rum, to be sure, and tried to put it down his throat, but his teeth were tightly shut and his jaws as strong as iron. It was a happy relief for us when the door opened and Doctor Livesey came in, on his visit to my father.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

The team, from Germany, the US, Italy and Chile, also found that these gas halos were tightly bound to the galaxies, providing the perfect food source to sustain both the growth of supermassive black holes and vigorous star formation.

(ESO Observations Reveal Black Holes' Breakfast at the Cosmic Dawn, ESO)

Mrs. March put the note in the fire, the money in her purse, and went on with her preparations, with her lips folded tightly in a way which Jo would have understood if she had been there.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Her lips were tightly compressed, as if she knew that she must keep a strong constraint upon herself—I write what I sincerely believe—or she would be tempted to strike the beautiful form with her foot.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Then she told the various bits of gossip she had heard at the Moffats', and as she spoke, Jo saw her mother fold her lips tightly, as if ill pleased that such ideas should be put into Meg's innocent mind.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

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