knotty
11knotty — knot|ty [ nati ] adjective 1. ) difficult to solve or understand: a knotty problem 2. ) knotty wood has a lot of round hard places in it: knotty pine …
12knotty — adjective 1) a knotty legal problem Syn: complex, complicated, involved, intricate, convoluted, involuted; difficult, hard, thorny, taxing, awkward, tricky, problematic, troublesome Ant …
13knotty — knottily, adv. knottiness, n. /not ee/, adj., knottier, knottiest. 1. having knots; full of knots: a knotty piece of wood. 2. involved, intricate, or difficult: a knotty problem. [1200 50; ME cnotti. See KNOT1, Y1] Syn. 2. complex, complicated. * …
14knotty — adjective a) Full of knots. knotty pine b) Complicated or tricky; complex; difficult. a knotty problem …
15knotty — knot|ty [ˈnɔti US ˈna:ti] adj 1.) difficult to solve ▪ a knotty problem 2.) knotty wood contains a lot of hard round places where branches once joined the tree …
16knotty — adjective 1 difficult to solve: a knotty problem 2 knotty wood contains a lot of knots (=hard round places) …
17knotty — adjective (knottier; est) Date: 13th century marked by or full of knots; especially so full of difficulties and complications as to be likely to defy solution < a knotty problem > Synonyms: see complex • knottiness noun …
18knotty — adj. Knotty is used with these nouns: ↑problem …
19knotty — /ˈnɒti/ (say notee) adjective (knottier, knottiest) 1. characterised by knots; full of knots. 2. involved, intricate, or difficult: a knotty problem. {knot1 + t + y1} –knottiness, noun …
20knotty — adj. (knottier, knottiest) 1 full of knots. 2 hard to explain; puzzling (a knotty problem). Derivatives: knottily adv. knottiness n …
