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- Dictionaryknotty/ˈnɒti/
adjective
- 1. full of knots: "panelling in knotty pine" Similar
- 2. extremely difficult or complex: "a knotty legal problem" Similar Opposite
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KNOTTY definition: 1. (of a problem or difficulty) complicated and difficult to solve: 2. with a lot of knots: 3…. Learn more.
The meaning of KNOTTY is marked by or full of knots; especially : so full of difficulties and complications as to be likely to defy solution. How to use knotty in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Knotty.
Knotty definition: having knots; full of knots. See examples of KNOTTY used in a sentence.
KNOTTY meaning: 1. (of a problem or difficulty) complicated and difficult to solve: 2. with a lot of knots: 3…. Learn more.
Definition of 'knotty' Word Frequency. knotty. (nɒti ) Word forms: comparative knottier , superlative knottiest. 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A knotty problem is complicated and difficult to solve. The new management team faces some knotty problems. Synonyms: puzzling, hard, difficult, complex More Synonyms of knotty.
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe. “I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast” synonyms: baffling, elusive, problematic, problematical, tough. difficult, hard. not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure. adjective.
1. Tied or snarled in knots. 2. Covered with knots or knobs; gnarled. 3. Difficult to understand or solve: "[The columnist] supplies funny, wise responses to knotty ethical dilemmas posed by readers" (David Pogue). knot′ti·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Hard to solve or explain; puzzling. A knotty problem. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: knobbed. knotted. gnarly. gnarled. tortuous. tangled. involved. convoluted. byzantine. problematical. tough. elusive. baffling.
having parts that are hard and twisted together. the knotty roots of the old oak tree. See knotty in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: knotty. Definition of knotty adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition of knotty in English: knotty. Pronunciation: /ˈnɒti/ adjective (knottier, knottiest) 1 full of knots: panelling in knotty pine. More example sentences Synonyms. 2 extremely difficult or complex: a knotty legal problem. More example sentences Synonyms. Derivatives. knottily. adverb. knottiness. Pronunciation: /ˈnɒtɪnɪs/ noun.
