knottily
/ˈnɑtəli/
adverb
- In a way that is full of knots or difficult to untangle.
- She knottily wove the branches together for the basket.
- The old rope was knottily tangled around the dock post.
- The yarn had knottily twisted into a frustrating mess.
- In a complicated or puzzling manner.
- The plot of the movie developed knottily, with many twists.
- The detective thought knottily about the strange clues.
- He explained the problem knottily, leaving everyone confused.
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