ADJECTIVE
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held together as by social or cultural ties
a close-knit family
close-knit little villages
the group was closely knit
How To Use closely knit In A Sentence
- It became even more individualistic and displayed few signs of the closely knit and hierarchically organized structure of the previous era.
- It became even more individualistic and displayed few signs of the closely knit and hierarchically organized structure of the previous era.
- Families were closely knit units at the time and grandmothers helped to make the boxty and potato cakes which were covered with freshly churned butter and eaten heartily and all washed down with draughts of hot strong tea.
- Many houses have large kitchens in which closely knit Belgian families can gather.
- A period of fixation with a new era of ‘geoeconomics’ illustrated the contrary viewpoint that the new economic balance of power was more closely knit than ever before.
- They felt like a closely knit team. Christianity Today
- Traditional Thai families are closely knit, often incorporating servants and employees.
- Stalin had not selected his closest subordinates with a view to their forming a closely knit band of brothers, and this meant that the contest for power would not be purely a matter of conflicting policies.
- The closely knit community has rallied round to help the MacDonald family as they rebuild their lives.
- The two communities are closely knit by a common faith.