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Search phrase: tightly

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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
The Merry Wives of Windsor	MW I.iii.74	Hold, sirrah, bear you these letters tightly;	Hold Sirha, beare you these Letters tightly,
The Merry Wives of Windsor	MW II.iii.59	He will clapper-claw thee tightly, bully.	He will Clapper-claw thee tightly (Bully.)

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close	tightly, in a close-fitting way
close	tightly, close-fistedly, stintingly
fast	tightly, firmly, securely
mortise	fit together, join tightly [like pieces of wood]
restrain	draw tightly, pull taut
tightly	soundly, properly, thoroughly
titely	Q spelling of 'tightly'

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draw tightly	restrain
join tightly	mortise
tightly	close
tightly	close
tightly	fast
tightly draw	restrain
tightly join	mortise

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