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Meanings of tightly fitting in English

Fitting snugly.

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        Usage of tightly fitting in English
        1
        Use a tennis ball having a netted or tightly fitting linen cover.
        Camping For Boys
        2
        Note: It's essential to have stiffsoled boots and tightly fitting crampons.
        Climbing Magazine
        3
        This is achieved by inserting tightly fitting solenoids into a box from soft-magnetic material.
        Pubmed
        4
        They have tightly fitting jerkins of well-tanned leather, their arms are spears and battleaxes.
        The Young Carthaginian: A Story of The Times of Hannibal
        5
        They connect with one another below, and are closed with tightly fitting limestone plugs.
        Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders
        6
        Another slave walked behind the trunk, carrying a large basket with a tightly fitting lid.
        The Memoirs of Cleopatra
        7
        Early adopters of her tightly fitting sweater dresses included actresses Brigitte Bardot, Catherine Deneuve and Audrey Hepburn.
        Reuters
        8
        White leaves or husks grow closely around the stalk of the plant, forming a tightly fitting case.
        Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania
        9
        Miriam detached her tightly fitting pince-nez and having given them up stood with her music in hand anxiously watching.
        Pointed Roofs: Pilgrimage, Volume 1
        10
        Each wore a tightly fitting bathing dress that hid nothing of the shining, dripping beauty of their youthful forms.
        In the Days of the Comet
        11
        It is sure to manifest itself in other ways, and will not be prevented by dresses never so tightly fitting.
        The Education of American Girls
        12
        He also covered up very carefully the glass lights with strong iron plates of extreme solidity and tightly fitting joints.
        All Around the Moon
        13
        He was attired in a dark grey frock coat, so tightly fitting that he might almost have been wearing stays.
        Bertha Garlan
        14
        On their heads they wore tightly fitting white caps, with a long flap hanging down as far as their shoulders.
        A Woman's Journey Round the World / From Vienna to Brazil, Chili...
        15
        Close to the gateway he met Lady Arabella, clad as usual in tightly fitting white, which showed off her slim figure.
        The Lair of the White Worm
        16
        These are arrayed in short kilts, moccasins, and high stick hats supported upon tightly fitting deerskin masks that cover the entire head.
        The North American Indian, Vol. 1
        This collocation consists of:
        Tightly fitting through the time