TIGHT, TIGHTLY, TIGHTNESS
ADJECTIVES
1825 — TANG tight, straight → Sc.
1901 — KEDGE tight, stiff → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1960 — ASS-TIGHT very tight → Amer. sl.
1996 — TIGHTER THAN A BULL’S MOUTH IN FLY TIME very tight → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
2006 — TIGHT AS A TICK very tight → US sl. (Bk.)
ADVERBS
1545 — ARCTLY tightly, closely → obs.
1836 — HARD-HORN tightly → Sc.
1889 — HARD tightly, firmly, securely → Sc. & Eng. dial.
NOUNS
1828 — ARCTITUDE tightness, narrowness, straitness