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    straggly
    /ˈstraɡəli/

    adjective

    • 1. growing or spreading in an irregular, untidy way: "his straggly dark hair"

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › stragglyStraggly Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    adjective. strag· gly ˈstra-g (ə-)lē. stragglier; straggliest. : spread out or scattered irregularly. a straggly beard. Examples of straggly in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web. These examples are automatically compiled from online sources to illustrate current usage.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSTRAGGLY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    STRAGGLY definition: 1. growing or spreading out in an untidy way: 2. growing or spreading out in a messy way: . Learn more.

  4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSTRAGGLY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    adjective. Straggly hair or a straggly plant is thin and grows or spreads out untidily in different directions. Her long fair hair was knotted and straggly. The yard held a few straggly bushes. Synonyms: spread out, spreading, rambling, untidy More Synonyms of straggly. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

  5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › stragglyStraggly - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    adjective. growing or spreading sparsely or irregularly. “ straggly ivy”. synonyms: distributed. spread out or scattered about or divided up. adjective. spreading out in different directions. “ straggly hair”.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySTRAGGLY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    STRAGGLY meaning: 1. growing or spreading out in an untidy way: 2. growing or spreading out in a messy way: . Learn more.

  7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishstraggly adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

    Definition of straggly adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › stragglyStraggly - definition of straggly by The Free Dictionary

    straggly - spreading out in different directions; "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair"

  9. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishSTRAGGLY | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary - Cambridge ...

    STRAGGLY definition: growing or spreading out in an untidy way: . Learn more.

  10. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionarySTRAGGLY definition in American English - Collins Online ...

    Word forms: stragglier, straggliest. adjective. Straggly hair or a straggly plant is thin and grows or spreads out messily in different directions. Her long fair hair was knotted and straggly. Synonyms: spread out, spreading, rambling, untidy More Synonyms of straggly. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

  11. www.oed.com › dictionary › straggly_adjstraggly, adj. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English...

    The earliest known use of the adjective straggly is in the 1860s. OED's earliest evidence for straggly is from 1862, in a letter by John Addington Symonds, writer and advocate of sexual reform. straggly is formed within English, by derivation.