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knurlier

knurlier is the comparative form of knurly.

Meaning of knurly

Adjective

knurly (comparative knurlier or more knurly, superlative knurliest or most knurly)

  1. Gnarled or knotty; hard and misshapen.
    • It seems too much like a great tree, beautiful, symmetrical, and full of leaves, but raised or desired only for fruit, yet bearing little, and some of that little not of good quality, but knurly or bitter.1851, Goold Brown, The Grammar of English Grammars

Questions about knurlier

What is knurlier the comparative form of?
Knurlier is the comparative form of knurly.

Words near knurlier in the dictionary

  1. knurds
  2. knurl
  3. knurled
  4. knurler
  5. knurlers
  6. knurlier
  7. knurliest
  8. knurling
  9. knurlings
  10. knurls
  11. knurly

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