knottily en · ADV
Etymology
From knotty + -ly.
Meanings
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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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most knottily | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more knottily | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |