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tightness

noun

1 tightness

A state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit.

synonym: stringency.

Dutch: schaarste

2 tightness

A tight feeling in some part of the body:
— She felt an alarming tightness in her chest.

synonym: constriction.

3 tightness

The spatial property of being crowded together.

synonyms: compactness, concentration, denseness, density.

Polish: zagęszczenie

4 tightness

Extreme stinginess.

synonyms: closeness, meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness.

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Polish: chytrość, skąpość, skąpstwo

5 tightness

Lack of movement or room for movement.

synonym: tautness.

Polish: ciasność


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