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Knotty vs Knottily - What's the difference?

knotty | knottily |

As an adjective knotty

is full of knots.

As an adverb knottily is

in a knotty way.

knotty

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Full of knots.
    • knotty pine
  • Complicated or tricky; complex; difficult.
    • a knotty problem

    knottily

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a knotty way.
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    • , passage=He examines the implications of a doubly incestuous bloodline (which is not new speculation and is knottily complicated: it makes Adolf “a First-Degree Incestuary One Step Removed.”) }}