Tightness
['taɪtnɪs]
Definition
(n.) The quality or condition of being tight.
Editor: Nicolas
Examples
- Ursula wished to be alone, freed from the tightness, the enclosure of Gudrun's presence. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It also must fit with such tightness as to prevent any escape of the gas in that direction, and force it to exert all its impelling power upon the ball. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But is the tightness to bind Mrs Boffin to any and what conditions? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Suddenly she complained to me again of sickness, occasioned by some pressure or tightness about the heart. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Editor: Tracy