tautly

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.

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[Middle English tohte, distended, perhaps ultimately from Old English togian, to drag; see tow¹.]

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tautly adv.

tautness n.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

tautly - in a taut manner; "the rope was tautly stretched"

Translations

tautly [ˈtɔːtlɪ] ADV (lit) [stretch] → con tersura (fig) [say] → con voz tensa, con voz crispada

tautly

adv

stretch → straff

(fig: = precisely, economically) → knapp