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close-knit

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close-knit (klsnt)
adj.
Held tightly together, as by social or cultural ties: a close-knit family.
close-knit [ˌkləʊsˈnɪt]
adj
closely united, esp by social ties
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Adj.1.close-knit - held together as by social or cultural ties; "a close-knit family"; "close-knit little villages"; "the group was closely knit"
closely knit
close - close in relevance or relationship; "a close family"; "we are all...in close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close resemblance"
Translations
close-knit [ˈkləʊsnɪt] ADJ [family] → muy unido
close-knit [ˌkləʊsˈnɪt] adj (community, group, family) → molto unito/a
close-knit [ˌkləʊsˈnɪt] adj (community, group, family) → molto unito/a


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Thorough unity, either in the whole or in the separate stories so loosely woven together, could not be expected; in continual reading the long succession of similar combat after combat and the constant repetition of stereotyped phrases become monotonous for a present-day reader; and it must be confessed that Malory has little of the modern literary craftsman's power of close-knit style or proportion and emphasis in details.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
Next came the great alliance of Eastern Asia, a close-knit coalescence of China and Japan, advancing with rapid strides year by year to predominance in the world's affairs.
The War in the Air by Wells, H.G. View in context
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