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Definition of knotty adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

knotty

adjective

NAmE//ˈnɑt̮i//

(knottier, knottiest)

1complicated and difficult to solve synonym thorny a knotty problem

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2having parts that are hard and twisted together the knotty roots of the old oak tree

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