close-knit
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of close-knit
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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Franklin County, with about 17,000 residents, is close-knit and deeply conservative.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
“Y’all are a close-knit family,” Anthony observes early on, and before long, he’s part of it, motivated to protect the company, which he will refer to as “us.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
A once proud, close-knit community has been left to the vagaries of absentee landlords, rising deprivation and residents who often don't want to be here.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
Marnoch has DJ'd at "an awful lot of Beckham parties in the past", and they are a "close-knit family" who "love to dance", he said.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
Tribal organization is exemplified by New Guinea highlanders, whose political unit before the arrival of colonial government was a village or else a close-knit cluster of villages.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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