noun
- the quality or state of being knotty; having many knots or tangles
- the quality of being difficult to understand or solve; complexity
Usage: figurative
Examples
- The knottiness of the old rope made it difficult to untangle.
- She struggled with the knottiness of her hair after swimming.
- The knottiness of the legal case required expert analysis.
- The wood’s natural knottiness gave it character and texture.
- He was frustrated by the knottiness of the mathematical proof.
- The knottiness of the problem became apparent only after careful study.