knotty
[not-ee]
adjective, knot·ti·er, knot·ti·est.
Origin of knotty
Synonyms for knotty
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tricky, mystifying, perplexing, puzzling, sticky, thorny, complicated, baffling, complex, difficult, elaborate, formidable, hard, intricate, involved, labyrinthine, rough, rugged, sophisticated, terribleExamples from the Web for knotty
Contemporary Examples of knotty
For anyone looking to dive into the big, knotty history of one of the most iconic states, this book is well worth the time.
The profession remains a knotty tangle of influences and causations and aggravations and insurers.
Historical Examples of knotty
The Sun reported this answer to his council, who debated the question, which was knotty.
The History of LouisianaLe Page Du Pratz
Its bark is more rough and knotty than that of the palm-tree.
The History of LouisianaLe Page Du Pratz
If any of them (as sometimes they are) be knotty, I referre them to Chap.
A New Orchard And GardenWilliam Lawson
He had always meant to settle for himself that knotty question.
A Son of HagarSir Hall Caine
Then when it did come, it was crooked and knotty, much of it such as a woman could not split.
knotty
adjective -tier or -tiest
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