knotty
IPA: nˈɑti
adjective
- Of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots.
- Of a part of the body, a tree, etc.: full of knots (knobs or swellings); gnarled, knobbly.
- (figuratively)
- Complicated or tricky; complex, difficult.
- Of an austere or hard nature; rugged.
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Examples of "knotty" in Sentences
- It is the paradox that is knotty.
- It borders Knotty Ash and West Derby.
- You know, because the knotty problem.
- I'm not sure why the dispute is so knotty.
- The game of knotty is a Scottish team sport.
- Our bedroom is panelled with vintage knotty pine.
- This is a highly controversial and very knotty problem.
- It is the paradox that is knotty, not Euclidean geometry.
- Brittain was born in the Knotty Ash district of Liverpool.
- But it seems to me there is a very knotty problem at the core of this article.
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