close-knit

[ klohs-nit ]

adjective

1. tightly united, connected, or organized.

close-knit

/ ˌkləʊsˈnɪt /

adjective

1. closely united, esp by social ties

Word History and Origins

Origin of close-knit¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

By all accounts, they were a happy, close-knit couple.

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"Swanage is a very close-knit community and I know these very sad deaths will have a significant impact on everyone here."

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Shawn and his family are well known across Anguilla, and his death has had a huge impact on a very close-knit community.

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The Jesus Fellowship Church, which disbanded in 2019 after the BBC revealed allegations of widespread child abuse, recruited thousands of people to live in close-knit, puritanical communities in Northamptonshire, London and the Midlands.

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In December 1976, as news of the tragedy spread around the close-knit community, Dyfed-Powys Police launched a double murder investigation and set up an incident room in the heart of the village.

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