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tightness

Pronunciation:  t'Itnus

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  lack of movement or room for movement
  2. [n]  extreme stinginess
  3. [n]  a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
 
 Synonyms: closeness, meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, stringency, tautness, tightfistedness
 
 Antonyms: looseness, play
 
 See Also: deficiency, immovability, immovableness, lack, miserliness, pettiness, stinginess, want

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tight"ness\, n.
The quality or condition of being tight.

 



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