The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
close-knit \close-knit\ closely-knit \closely-knit\adj. bound together by intimate ties, social, personal, cultural or political; as, closely-knit little villages; a close-knit family. [WordNet 1.5]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
close-knit adj 1: held together as by social or cultural ties; "a close- knit family"; "close-knit little villages"; "the group was closely knit" [syn: close-knit, closely knit]