| 单词 | stragglingly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈstragglingly ˈstragglingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > absence of arrangement > [adverb] > with irregular arrangement at, to (the) straggle1488 stragglingly1579 extravagantly1623 disordinately1830 scatter-wise1875 dislocatedly1883 sprawlingly1921 1579–80 T. North tr. Dion in Plutarch Lives (1595) 1047 The other that could not get in in time, fledde straglingly vp and downe. 1650 A. B. Mutatus Polemo 24 So they stragglingly departed like fools. 1668 London Gaz. No. 230/2 About 160 German Souldiers being straglingly arrived at Milan, were by the Governours Order disposed of. 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner ii. vi. vi. 190 If we be not careful to thin it,..it..grows weak, and shoots its Leaves straglingly outward. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 220 [The Tartars] have but little beard, which grows straglingly on the chin. 1818 Ann. Reg., Chron., etc. 479/1 The town stands stragglingly on an abrupt slope. 1884 W. D. Howells in Harper's Mag. Dec. 125/1 Roberts, Lawton, and Bemis follow stragglingly. < as lemmas |
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