I. ˈnäbē, -bi adjective
( usually knobbier usually knobbiest )
Etymology: knob (I) + -y
1.
a. : having knobs : having several or many knobs : covered with knobs: as
(1) : having protuberances, projections, or protrusions
knobby bones
knobby knees
knobby knuckles
: bumpy
grinned toothlessly and extended a knobby hand — Dorothy Sayers
(2) : having usually rounded land prominences : hilly
knobby farmland
b. : shaped like or suggestive of a knob
little knobby noses — Joseph Conrad
2.
a. : involving difficulties : perplexing , intricate , knotty
some of the knobby problems of publishing — Harvey Breit
b. : resisting compromise or evasion or unequivocal solution : stubbornly unyielding : hard , obstinate
prefer to turn away from the knobby facts of life — Time
II.
variant of nobby