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Antonyms for close-knit


Grammar : Adj
Spell : klohs-nit
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkloʊsˈnɪt



Definition of close-knit

  • As in dense : adj compressed, thick
Example sentences :
  • The first wedding this was to be, in all our close-knit circle.
  • Extract from : « Aladdin & Co. » by Herbert Quick
  • He was a reporter with a gift for rapid-moving, close-knit narrative.
  • Extract from : « A History of American Literature » by Percy H. Boynton
  • As a result, the position of the close-knit family had been altered.
  • Extract from : « Area Handbook for Albania » by Eugene K. Keefe
  • They were not beautiful hands, merely strong, close-knit—hands to hold with a grip of death.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of an American Citizen » by Robert Herrick
  • "I've done found out erbout ye," and her hand patted the close-knit bark.
  • Extract from : « The Roof Tree » by Charles Neville Buck
  • Under the dark brown, close-knit bark of a full-grown red oak tree is a reddish layer that shows in the furrows.
  • Extract from : « Trees Worth Knowing » by Julia Ellen Rogers
  • His close-knit body accepted and relished it, finding a new pleasure in strength: thirty-seven years old and very young.
  • Extract from : « West Of The Sun » by Edgar Pangborn
  • I might be sore and lame for a day or two, but I had twice the natural strength of these short, close-knit foreigners.
  • Extract from : « One Way Out » by William Carleton
  • Furthermore, the close-knit nature of the community reinforced the parents' values when their offspring were away from home.
  • Extract from : « Frying Pan Farm » by Elizabeth Brown Pryor
  • And with that we were launched into a new phase of Crouy life, the close-knit communal organization of a French settlement.
  • Extract from : « Home Fires in France » by Dorothy Canfield

Synonyms for close-knit

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