tautly
- a word derived from taut.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Kuznetsov is his tautly reserved partner, spending much of the movie listening, observing, posing pointed questions, laconic but alert.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
The superior execution of "Poker Face" through its tautly rendered one-and-done hours is likely to throw kindling on that fire, especially if it becomes the show that finally enables Peacock to achieve liftoff.
From Salon • Jan. 25, 2023
Things went tensely and tautly, the goals all but walled.
From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2022
Its tension seeps into your limbs, settles tautly in your solar plexus and does not leave.
From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2022
The sleeves of his striped oxford shirt lay rolled to his elbows so that the hairs on his forearms showed; his back formed a long hard wedge of muscle against which his suspenders rode tautly.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
