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knottily

knottily adverb: in a knotty way.

Adverb

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

Forms of knottily

comparativemore knottily
superlativemost knottily

Origin of knottily

From knotty + -ly.

Questions about knottily

What does knottily mean?
Knottily means in a knotty way.
What part of speech is knottily?
Knottily is an adverb.

Words near knottily in the dictionary

  1. knottedness
  2. knotter
  3. knotters
  4. knottier
  5. knottiest
  6. knottily
  7. knottin
  8. knottiness
  9. knottinesses
  10. knotting
  11. Knotting and Souldrop

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