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STRAGGLY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Growing or spreading sparsely or irregularly
Example:
straggly ivy
Classified under:
Similar:
distributed (spread out or scattered about or divided up)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly
Example:
straggly hair
Synonyms:
rambling; sprawling; straggling; straggly
Classified under:
Similar:
untidy (not neat and tidy)
Derivation:
straggle (a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons))