knot´ti|ness

knot´ti|ness
knot|ty «NOT ee», adjective, -ti|er, -ti|est.
1. full of knots: »

knotty wood. ... the knotty side of an old Pollarel tree (Keats). A modern kitchen with knotty pine cabinets and exhaust fans (New York Times).

SYNONYM(S): gnarled.
2. Figurative. difficult; puzzling; involved; intricate: »

a knotty problem.

SYNONYM(S): complex.
knot´ti|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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