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Webster 1913 Edition
Knotty
Knot′ty
,Adj.
[
Com
par.
Knottier
; sup
erl.
Knottiest
.] 1.
Full of knots; knotted; having many knots;
as,
knotty
timber; a knotty
rope.2.
Hard; rugged;
as, a
. knotty
head[R.]
Rewe.
3.
Difficult; intricate; perplexed.
A
knotty
point to which we now proceed Pope.
Webster 1828 Edition
Knotty
KNOT'TY
,Adj.
1.
Hard; rugged; as a knotty head.2.
Difficult; intricate; perplexed; as a knotty question or point.Definition 2024
knotty
knotty
English
Adjective
knotty (comparative knottier or more knotty, superlative knottiest or most knotty)
- Full of knots.
- knotty pine
- Complicated or tricky; complex; difficult.
- a knotty problem
Translations
Full of knots
Complicated or tricky; complex; difficult
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