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Definition of Sprawly
1. Adjective. Spread out irregularly. "A big sprawly city"
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
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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