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knarly

British  
/ ˈnɑːlɪ /

adjective

  1. informal  same as gnarly

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“I picked up this knarly looking piece and peeled back the bark one day and found it was the most beautiful wood underneath,” she told the Times Herald .

From Washington Times

The day passed smoothly and with some small additions to the Tignes snowpark for the comp such as a jib-vid wallride, a knarly kinked rail and some other jib smutter.

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