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Definition of "well-knit" []

  • Strongly knit, especially strongly and firmly constructed: a well-knit body; a well-knit theatrical production. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "well-knit" in a sentence
  • "At first she found fault with the more than slight cheek-hollows under the cheek-bones, but when she measured his well-knit, slenderly muscular figure, with its deep chest and heavy shoulders, she discovered that she preferred the hollows; at least they did not imply lack of nutrition."
  • "His was a tall, slender, well-knit figure, and Grief, studying him, estimated his character from his face."
  • "He was at the wheel, a small, well-knit, muscular man of say forty-five, with black hair graying on the temples, a big eagle-face, swarthy, with keen, intelligent black eyes."
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