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STRAGGLY

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 I. (adjective) 

Comparative and superlative

Comparative: stragglier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Superlative: straggliest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Growing or spreading sparsely or irregularlyplay

Example:

straggly ivy

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

distributed (spread out or scattered about or divided up)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularlyplay

Example:

straggly hair

Synonyms:

rambling; sprawling; straggling; straggly

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

untidy (not neat and tidy)

Derivation:

straggle (a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons))

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