Sure and Tight

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Sure adjective - Having or showing a mind free from doubt.

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Tight and sure are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tight" instead an adjective "Sure".

Nearby Word: surely

Tight adjective - Not allowing penetration (as by gas, liquid, or light).

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Sure and tight are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Sure" instead an adjective "Tight".

Nearby Words: tighten, tightness, tightly

Runaway Radish from the children's book of the same name is described as a good bad pony, because he teaches his riders to make sure they check their girths, latch his stall, close all gates, plug in the electric fence, tie tight knots... and hold on tight!

Source: Horsing Around
Just before he can get out, Justin uses his telekinesis to forcibly buckle the Colonel's seatbelt as tight as he can, making sure he can't get out.

Source: Cruel And Unusual Death / Literature
At least some of this is due to entirely unwholesome reasons, though given Sportacus's and Robbie's tight pants we can be reasonably sure that some of the adult appeal is deliberate.

Source: Periphery Demographic / Live-Action TV

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