knotty
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| —adj , -tier, -tiest | |
| 1. | (of wood, rope, etc) full of or characterized by knots |
| 2. | extremely difficult or intricate |
| 'knottily | |
| —adv | |
| 'knottiness | |
| —n | |
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Knotty
is always a great word to know.
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| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Example sentences
On a knotty, gnarly block of wood you'll need to start your split from the outside edges and slab off the sides.
The twigs are slender, spreading, zigzag with short or dark brown knotty spurs.
On the knotty but crucial question of how to reduce deforestation and the emissions it causes, progress was scanty.
Knotroot foxtail is a native perennial with short, knotty rhizomes.
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