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Superlative for tangled with knots
“Hughes lowered the rope, and Ned chopped away part of the knotty net holding the crate.”
Superlative for having a knobbly or gnarled surface
“The 31-room lodge sits right on Lake Superior and is all Scandinavian, with hand-hewn beams, massive stone fireplaces, and guest rooms of high-gloss knotty pine.”
Superlative for detailed and complicated in design and planning, involving many carefully arranged elements
“The narrator's knotty and convoluted syntax wryly suggests the slightly confused tenor of Poupin's thought.”
Superlative for requiring great skill or finesse in handling or treatment
“The problem thus became both knotty and sensitive and it needed a delicate handling.”
Superlative for being in a confused or chaotic mess
Superlative for causing bother or frustration
Superlative for having a tough, hard texture like leather
Superlative for full of knots
Superlative for rough or problematic, resembling scales, flakes, or leprosy
Superlative for ungroomed or untidy in appearance
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