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      knotty
      adjective
      tangled in knots or snarls
      highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
      used of old persons or old trees
      making great mental demands
      Synonyms for knotty
      knottedadjgnarledadjgnarlyadjknurlyadvnodoseknobbedadjthornyadjintricateadjtoughadjcomplicatedadj
      Words related to knotty
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