knotty adj

knotty adj
Children can do some knotty things with string.

English expressions. 2014.

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  • knotty — (adj.) mid 13c. (figurative use early 13c.), from KNOT (Cf. knot) (n.) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Related: Knottiness …   Etymology dictionary

  • knotty — [adj] troublesome baffling, complex, complicated, difficult, effortful, elaborate, formidable, Gordian*, hard, intricate, involved, labyrinthine, mazy, mystifying, perplexing, problematical, puzzling, ramified, reticular, rough, rugged,… …   New thesaurus

  • knotty — [nät′ē] adj. knottier, knottiest [ME] 1. having or full of knots [a knotty board] 2. hard to solve or explain; puzzling [a knotty problem] knottiness n …   English World dictionary

  • knotty — adj. Knotty is used with these nouns: ↑problem …   Collocations dictionary

  • knotty — adj. (knottier, knottiest) 1 full of knots. 2 hard to explain; puzzling (a knotty problem). Derivatives: knottily adv. knottiness n …   Useful english dictionary

  • knotty — adj 1. gnarled, gnarly, nodose, lumpy, bumpy; knarry, knurled, knarred; warped, contorted, distorted, cross grained; bossy, protuberant, carun culated; coarse, rough, uneven, unpolished, flawed, blemished. 2. tangled, entangled, raveled, twisted …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • naughty adj — knotty adj …   English expressions

  • knotty — [[t]nɒ̱ti[/t]] knottier, knottiest 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A knotty problem is complicated and difficult to solve. The new management team faces some knotty problems. Syn: thorny 2) ADJ: usu ADJ n Knotty wood has a lot of small hard areas on it… …   English dictionary

  • knotty — 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. * …   Universalium

  • knotty — 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 …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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