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Comparative for tangled with knots
“Hughes lowered the rope, and Ned chopped away part of the knotty net holding the crate.”
Comparative 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.”
Comparative 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.”
Comparative for requiring great skill or finesse in handling or treatment
“The problem thus became both knotty and sensitive and it needed a delicate handling.”
Comparative for being in a confused or chaotic mess
Comparative for causing bother or frustration
Comparative for having a tough, hard texture like leather
Comparative for full of knots
Comparative for rough or problematic, resembling scales, flakes, or leprosy
Comparative for ungroomed or untidy in appearance
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