English
knottily
From knotty + -ly.
Formed from knotty + -ly
Proto-Germanic *knuttô ‘knot’
Proto-West Germanic *knottō
Old English cnotta ‘knot’
Middle English knotte ‘knot’
Middle English knotti
English knotty
Today it means
adv In a knotty way.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / knottily