tautly

1. 1.

   in a taut manner

   “the rope was tautly stretched”

Questions about tautly

What does tautly mean?

tautly means "in a taut manner".

How many syllables are in tautly?

tautly has 2 syllables and divides as taut-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is tautly a common word?

tautly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.