Close-knit

/kləʊs ˈnɪt/ · adjective

Meaning

Of a group: closely connected or linked, as by a common bond, culture, or identity..

Example Sentences

a close-knit community

I come from a close-knit family; we never keep secrets from one another.

He looked rather to a close-knit company of brethren and sisters, knit so close that he could call it a family or a brotherhood, eager that God's kingdom should come.

I think I learned more from my family than they did from me in the brief idyllic time we spent together. None of them much more than a mile from home, they carried the aura of a close-knit community as a shield against against the unknown.

The close-knit ethnic enclave also provides a stable environment where the dialect is commonly used. Therefore, if an ethnic community is close-knit the ethnic mother tongue is more likely to be retained under consensual pressure of its members to maintain linguistic separateness.

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• closer-knit
• more close-knit
• closest-knit
• most close-knit

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