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Definition of Knotty
1. Adjective. Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe. "A problematic situation at home"
Similar to: Difficult, Hard
Derivative terms: Knottiness, Problem, Problem, Toughness
2. Adjective. Used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots. "A knobbed stick"
3. Adjective. Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious. "Tortuous negotiations lasting for months"
Similar to: Complex
Derivative terms: Knottiness, Tortuousness
4. Adjective. Tangled in knots or snarls. "Snarled thread"
Definition of Knotty
1. a. Full of knots; knotted; having many knots; as, knotty timber; a knotty rope.
Definition of Knotty
1. Adjective. Full of knots. ¹
2. Adjective. Complicated or tricky; complex; difficult. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Knotty
1. full of knots [adj -TIER, -TIEST] : KNOTTILY [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knotty
Literary usage of Knotty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1916)
"The eggs are laid In summer in masses on rough, scarred, or knotty places.
They hatch In about six days and the young borers eat thru the bark Into the ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1891)
"Nov. propounded the knotty problems involved in I lie- restitution of Queen Isabella
... knotty ..."
3. The Laws of scientific hand reading: A Practical Treatise on the Art by William George Benham (1900)
"These smooth and knotty developments indicate two exactly opposite kinds of people.
The smooth fingers are more often found on young persons, while knotty ..."
4. Elements of Criticism by Henry Home Kames (1807)
"... Thy knotty and combined locks to part, And each particular hair to Hand on
end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine: But this eternal blazon muft not ..."
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