Definition of tautly | Bee Dictionary of English

That story is tautly, bravely acted, especially by Marinca, an ordinary-looking woman who rivets the camera's attention, and Ivanov, whose bulky poise makes him a figure to fear.
The tautly intercut story of four yuppie couples in counselingthey speak into the camera for their sessions, making you their therapistis simultaneously unsentimental and .
In 28 turbulent years in the political vortex, she got scant credit for her lasting contributions as First Lady, or even for being a real person behind the tautly composed image.

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Austin's Bonnie Whitmore appears at Barley Street Tavern Sunday, June 30, 6 p.m. Acclaimed Austin singer-songwriter-guitarist James McMurtry and his band play a Sunday Roadhouse and 1% co-production at Waiting Room Tuesday, July 2, 8 p.m. McMurtry’s tautly crafted songs are stories of people on the edge.
July 2, 2013 - The Reader

Robert De Niro in Journal Live
Ms Miller registers as a healthy, sane young woman with good diction, good posture and great legs. Commendable as these attributes are, they are of limited use in portraying a tautly wound, death-courting neurotic who is eaten alive by her own... Ben Brantley http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Brantley&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNF5PhKJeQTG_i_YcvP7OZMSA1UImw Sify http://www.google.com/url?q=http://sify.com/movies/hollywood/fullstory.php%3Fid%3D14916663&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFnYOibqeIXKJXZBo1fAJO3R8N9SQ Oct 24, 2009 98378 130502 tautness There'sa certain energy and tautness when you're working this fast, but it was OK," says Robert. "We did Wag The Dog in less time, I think that was 28 days, it was that way of doing it and that was it, but it was fun." "Between me,...

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