knottily

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adverb

In a knotty way.

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Meanings

adverbknottily (comparative more knottily, superlative most knottily)

comparative more knottily · superlative most knottily

  1. In a knotty way.

    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.”)

    2007 January 19, Janet Maslin, “Putting Hitler on the Couch, and Finding Bees”, in New York Times

Origin

From knotty + -ly.

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APA

knottily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knottily

MLA

“knottily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knottily. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “knottily,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knottily.

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