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[ spraw-lee ] / ˈsprɔ li /
adjective, sprawl·i·er, sprawl·i·est.tending to sprawl; straggly: The colt's legs were long and sprawly. Origin of sprawlyFirst recorded in 1790–1800; sprawl + -y1 Words nearby sprawlysprang, sprat, Spratly Islands, sprattle, sprawl, sprawly, spray, spray can, spray gun, spray millet, spray paint Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sprawlyOrdinary sort of writing, rather unformed and sprawly, but after a trial run Micky managed a very presentable copy of it. The Phantom Lover|Ruby M. Ayres The ants led him to a tiny hole with a finely pulverized rim just at the edge of a sprawly cactus. They are the sprawly kind that lie on their stomachs and kick their heels, and get under your feet and on your back. Mary Cary|Kate Langley Bosher Patty dashed through eight pages of sprawly penmanship, and as soon as she finished she read it all over again. Patty's Social Season|Carolyn Wells
He took it, looked at the handwriting, which was thick and sprawly and not familiar to him, and laid it beside his plate. Johnny Ludlow, Third Series|Mrs. Henry Wood
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