a. Also 8 nacky. [f. KNACK sb.2 + -Y.] Characterized by or having a knack; artful, clever, adroit, ingenious.
1710. Ruddiman, Gloss. Douglas’s Virgil, s.v. Knak, A knacky man; i.e. witty and facetious.
1719. Hamilton, 2nd Ep. Ramsay, xi. Mony a bonny nacky tale.
1828. Craven Dial., Knacky, ingenious, fond of knick-knacks.
1880. Jubilee of Rev. W. Orr Fenwick, 72. His sermons—often exceedingly knacky in their division—were always logical in their structure.
1900. Daily News, 11 Jan., 7/3. He stoops, with his back to the derailed trucks, and with a knacky sort of jerk gets them on the line again.
