Definitions
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- adverb So as to
tighten .
Etymologies
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tightening + -ly
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Examples
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A serious lack of time, sleep and the fact that it is nut tighteningly cold in the mornings here is conspiring against me.
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Factor in the mesmerising, trouser-tighteningly sexy vocal from Karen O - not to mention her iconoclastic performance in the video – and you have a band poised for mainstream success.
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Its gum-tighteningly awful title can only hint at the disaster lurking within its pages.
RVABlogs 2009
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