Definition of "tightly knit" []

• Closely and firmly integrated (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "In the last two weeks, indeed, our ragtag band of blinkers and yawners has become a family—and a tightly knit fighting force, when need be."
• "About half of my cousins went to college, but Joe Bones and I were two of a much smaller number that went away to collegehe to the University of Michigan in the 1960s, and me to Brown in the 1970sand I think this has aligned us in a certain way, within the tightly knit tapestry of the family."