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knobbily

adv

Etymology

From knobby + -ly.

  1. derived from knappr — “small projection, knob (button, head of a stick, etc.)”
  2. inherited from cnæp
  3. derived from *knappô✻
  4. derived from knobbe — “knob, knot in wood, bud”
  5. inherited from knobbe
  6. suffixed as knobby — “knob + y”
  7. suffixed as knobbily — “knobby + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a knobby fashion.

    • His body sprouts fingers thicker than carrots. They grip me knobbily. He rocks back and forth like a leaky old boat shakes on the ocean.

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