The word 'knobbly' is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is an adjective that means having small, irregular lumps or protuberances on the surface. Example: The old tree trunk was covered in knobbly growths, giving it a unique and interesting appearance. In this sentence, 'knobbly' is used to describe the texture or appearance of the tree trunk. It could also be used to describe other objects, such as a knobbly potato or a knobbly bracelet.
Add the butter and whizz again until you have a coarse knobbly texture.
Two mules trotted past laden with sacks knobbly with chestnuts, the muleteer calling out a cheerful greeting.
IF YOU were to draw the path of inflation in the typical big, rich economy over the past half century, your picture would look much like a dromedary's back: a low flat line in the 1960s; a knobbly hump of high and volatile price rises in the 1970s; dramatic disinflation in the 1980s; and low, stable inflation rates since.
THE desk in Gordon Sanghera's office at Oxford Nanopore proudly displays a piece of knobbly plastic.
Not that people have much idea what many of these products do to their bodies: at least they sound healthy.Organics (see article) are no longer confined to roughage and knobbly carrots.
Overall, the knobbly globe has exaggerated, smooth mountains with valleys in between.If humans really are hardwired to home in on six focal colours, then all languages should assign words around those six.
There were pocket-sized boxes for the piccolos, a wheeled-trolley for the harp and knobbly trunks, all barnacled in stickers, for the cellos.
"Cutting for Stone", a reference to an historic surgical procedure, as well as a pun on the protagonist's name, has the hybrid quality of a vivisectionist's experiment: a fleshy family saga stitched around a knobbly skeleton of surgical research.
Driving the streets in a small car has become a teeth-shattering experience as the roads have crumbled from neglect.Mark Fredenburg San FranciscoBy a legSIR – I was surprised that age was not a determining factor in the biometric algorithm identifying people by their knees ("Knobbly ID", April 4th).
In truth, that short-hand for being an irregular, knobbly lump has been applied to pretty well all of the asteroids, comets and minor moons which have been observed closely enough to photograph in detail.
Of course, model proportions will help pull off shorts with aplomb, but if you are worried about getting your knobbly knees out, there are a few tricks to help direct the eye elsewhere – a sporty sweatshirt with a jazzy logo or a brightly coloured T-shirt should keep attention away from your insecurities.
