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tautly

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taut  (tôt)
adj. taut·er, taut·est
1. Pulled or drawn tight; not slack. See Synonyms at tight.
2. Strained; tense: nerves taut with anxiety.
3.
a. Kept in trim shape; neat and tidy.
b. Marked by the efficient, sparing, or concise use of something, such as language or detail: a taut movie script.
[Middle English tohte, distended, perhaps ultimately from Old English togian, to drag; see tow1.]
tautly adv.
tautness n.
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Adv.1.tautly - in a taut manner; "the rope was tautly stretched"
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But, at the same time, even the faces that were most exposed to view, and therefore most tautly under control, disclosed a sudden impulsive tremor which, unless directly checked, would have developed into an outburst of laughter.
Night and Day by Woolf, Virginia View in context
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