close-knit
adj/kləʊs ˈnɪt/UK/kloʊs ˈnɪt/US
Etymology
From close (“in an intimate or immediate manner”, adverb) + knit (“joined closely and firmly together”, adjective).
- inherited from *knutjaną✻
- inherited from *knuttijan✻
- inherited from cnyttan
- inherited from knytten
Definitions
Of a group
Of a group: closely connected or linked, as by a common bond, culture, or identity.
- 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.
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA