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Definition of Close-knit
1. Adjective. Held together as by social or cultural ties. "The group was closely knit"
Definition of Close-knit
1. Adjective. (of a group) Closely linked or connected, as by a common identity, culture, or bond. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Close-knit
Literary usage of Close-knit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Anthology, 1787-1900: Selections Illustrating the Editor's by Edmund Clarence Stedman (1900)
"... would be dull and trite, Barren as last year's leaves to me Beneath the apple
blossoms white; Our hearts close knit shall feel no chilling change. ..."
2. The Physiologia of Jean Fernel (1567) by Jean Fernel (2003)
"on the criterion that some are less close-knit than others, and no single similar
account of their substance covers them all. Hence their function turns out ..."
3. An Introduction to the Study of Language by Leonard Bloomfield (1914)
"... loose compound of four parts, and in English by three independent words:
brother or sister What we express by the •vord brother, a fairly close-knit ..."
4. The Satapatha-brâhmana: According to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School by Julius Eggeling (1897)
"'The close-knit,'—-yonder sun is indeed close - knit, for he knits together the
days and nights;—'all-wealthy,'—for that (sun) indeed is every kind of ..."
5. The Writing of English by John Matthews Manly, Edith Rickert (1920)
"Now let us consider why this passage can be cut down one- third without loss of
an idea and become more close-knit in the process. What are the main defects ..."
6. The Theatre of Violence: Narratives of Protagonists in the South African by Don H. Foster, Paul Haupt, Maresa de Beer (2005)
"We are a close-knit family and, you know, that is one thing I will easy kill for
is for my family, if anything or anybody comes too close to my family. ..."
7. The Engineers and the Price System by Thorstein Veblen (1921)
"The industrial system is not yet sufficiently close-knit for that. And yet, that
extent and degree of paralysis from which the civilized world's industry is ..."
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