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STRAGGLING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
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)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb straggle
Context examples:
All along the woodland track there did indeed run a scattered straggling trail of blood-marks, sometimes in single drops, and in other places in broad, ruddy gouts, smudged over the dead leaves or crimsoning the white flint stones.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Then, spurring his steed, the young squire rode at the top of his speed after his companions, and overtook them just at the spot where the trees fringe off into the moor and the straggling hamlet of Hordle lies scattered on either side of the winding and deeply-rutted track.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A long, straggling troop bore spades and mattocks while the two rearmost of all staggered along under a huge basket o' fresh-caught carp, for the morrow was Friday, and there were fifty platters to be filled and as many sturdy trenchermen behind them.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
