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tight-knit

adj

Etymology

From tight + knit.

  1. inherited from *knutjaną✻
  2. inherited from *knuttijan✻
  3. inherited from cnyttan
  4. inherited from knytten
  5. compounded as tight-knit — “tight + knit”

Definitions

  1. Strongly pulled together or connected, tightly knit.

    • Oral histories describe how ancient angara were tribal and nomadic before settling in cities. Many of them still live in large, tight-knit families and workplaces have a guild-like organizational structure.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA