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STRAGGLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does straggly mean?
• STRAGGLY (adjective)
The adjective STRAGGLY has 2 senses:
1. spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly
2. growing or spreading sparsely or irregularly
Familiarity information: STRAGGLY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Comparative: stragglier
Superlative: straggliest
Superlative: straggliest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly
Synonyms:
rambling; sprawling; straggling; straggly
Context example:
straggly hair
Similar:
untidy (not neat and tidy)
Derivation:
straggle (a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Growing or spreading sparsely or irregularly
Context example:
straggly ivy
Similar:
distributed (spread out or scattered about or divided up)
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