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Definition of Tight-knit
1. Adjective. Closely and firmly integrated. "A tight-knit organization"
Definition of Tight-knit
1. Adjective. Strongly pulled together, tightly knit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tight-knit
Literary usage of Tight-knit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Home-maker by Jane Cunningham Croly (1889)
"7th row:—Draw back thread tight, knit seven, throw this thread in front, and with
the other thread oat knit seven alternate in this way across. ..."
2. Theatre Arts by Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit (1920)
"The play would be a more effective and tight-knit drama if only the first part
were given; for there lies the meat of Strindberg's contribution. ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1846)
"... Hither and thither the thongs on the boss made three overlappings, Whence,
drawn singly ahead, they were tight-knit under the collar. ..."
4. Surfing the Long Wave: Knowledge Entrepreneurship in Britain by Charles Leadbeater, Kate Oakley (2001)
"There is ample evidence that despite the growth of international communications
and travel, these tight knit clusters have become more important to ..."
5. Goldoni and the Venice of His Time by Joseph Spencer Kennard (1920)
"It is most moral in showing how from one folly many evil influences spread out
on the tight-knit group of human creatures forming a family. ..."
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