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Meaning of knaggy | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Having many protuberances, knobs or knots; knotty, rough or rugged.
  2. Temperamentally rough.
    figuratively

Examples

“[…]his lordship was out of humour. That was the way Chollacombe described as knaggy an old gager as ever Charles had had the ill-fortune to serve. Stiff-rumped, that's what he was, always rubbing the rust, or riding grub, like he had been for months past.”

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

knappable knappish knappy knapsacked knarred knarry

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