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Definition of Knottinesses
1. knottiness [n] - See also: knottiness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knottinesses
Literary usage of Knottinesses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Gallery of Literary Portraits by George Gilfillan (1845)
"Were the " Captive of Fez " re-written, its smaller knottinesses lopped off, its
dense dialogue clarified, its narrative and description retained, ..."
2. Scientific Papers by Peter Guthrie Tait (1898)
"16 and 17, which have been already described (§ 27). A full investigation of the
higher knottinesses of this class (especially when fully ..."
3. Persian Miniatures by Harrison Griswold Dwight (1917)
"... than to the knots and knottinesses of rugs. But it is hard to escape the
conviction that without Mr. Mumford the names of few of these ladies and ..."
4. Galleries of Literary Portraits by George Gilfillan (1856)
"Were the "Captive of Fez" rewritten, its smaller knottinesses lopped off, its
dense dialogue clarified, its narrative and description retained, ..."
5. Sketches of Modern Literature, and Eminent Literary Men by George Gilfillan (1846)
"Were the " Captive of Fez" rewritten, its smaller knottinesses lopped off, its
dense dialogue clarified, its narrative and description retained, ..."
6. The Woman That's Good: A Story of the Undoing of a Dreamer by Harold Richard Vynne (1900)
"... and who discussed with him, over long pipes of prime tobacco, the knottinesses
of Schopenhauer, and Richter, and Feuerbach. And night after night, ..."
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