Very closely knit.

A close-knit group.

Both are close-knit families.

It's a close- knit community.

We're a close-knit community.

Prentiss, this was a close-knit family.

We have a very close-knit family.

And so we were a close-knit group.

(b) The family relations must be closely knit and stable;

Now see, we come from a very close-knit family.