Definition of Sprawly

1. Adjective. Spread out irregularly. "A big sprawly city"

Similar to: Extended
Derivative terms: Sprawl

Definition of Sprawly

1. Adjective. sprawling. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sprawly

1. tending to sprawl [adj SPRAWLIER, SPRAWLIEST]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sprawly

sprats
sprattle
sprattled
sprattles
sprattling
sprauncy
sprawl
sprawled
sprawler
sprawlers
sprawlier
sprawliest
sprawling
sprawlingly
sprawls
sprawly (current term)
spray
spray-can
spray-dried
spray-dry
spray can
spray cans
spray gun
spray paint
spray painting
sprayable
sprayboard
sprayboards
spraydeck
spraydecks

Literary usage of Sprawly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1882)
"... sprawled ; sprawly, ' as the legs of young birds when turned crookedly over their backs.' Wh. Ol. ; Mid. Also, a substantive, Speak [spi'h'k], ..."

2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1898)
"Pud Graham heard no more of his youthful brother until three weeks later, when he received a paper addressed in a sprawly handwriting. ..."

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