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Definition of "knotty" []

  • Tied or snarled in knots. (adjective)
  • Covered with knots or knobs; gnarled. (adjective)
  • Difficult to understand or solve. See Synonyms at complex. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "knotty" in a sentence
  • "M. de Nointel, after settling certain knotty points in the"
  • "In the construction of this little word "equipping," taken with its context, is the point, apparently so knotty, which is to be determined."
  • "A humorist of the present day has suggested that the knots on the staff indicate the numerous "knotty" questions which a doctor is asked to solve!"