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knottily

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knot⋅ty

[not-ee]
–adjective, -ti⋅er, -ti⋅est.
1. having knots; full of knots: a knotty piece of wood.
2. involved, intricate, or difficult: a knotty problem.

Origin:
1200–50; ME cnotti. See knot 1 , -y 1


knot⋅ti⋅ly, adverb
knot⋅ti⋅ness, noun


2. complex, complicated.
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