tight-knit

[ tahyt-nit ]

/ ˈtaɪtˈnɪt /

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adjective

well-organized and integrated.

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How to use tight-knit in a sentence

A few years passed, and La Banda Picasso remained tight knit but for a few members, such as Pieret, who left France.
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This development has not been embraced by everyone in her tight-knit Orthodox community.
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Broadly speaking, Mormons are tight-knit, and accepted minority group in the United Kingdom and Europe.
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For Vinterberg, it seems, tight-knit families are his preferred milieu.
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Charleston, the town where Gandee lived, is a small, tight-knit community.
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His well-built, tight-knit figure gave one the impression that he was even stronger than he looked.
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The person I saw was none of this; for he was not large in stature, having a figure tight-knit even to slenderness.
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British Dictionary definitions for tight-knit

tightknit

/ (ˌtaɪtˈnɪt) /

adjective

closely integrateda tightknit community

organized carefully and concisely

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