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    STRAGGLY

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     I. (adjective) 

    Comparative and superlative

    Comparative: stragglier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Superlative: straggliest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Growing or spreading sparsely or irregularlyplay

    Example:

    straggly ivy

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    distributed (spread out or scattered about or divided up)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularlyplay

    Example:

    straggly hair

    Synonyms:

    rambling; sprawling; straggling; straggly

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    untidy (not neat and tidy)

    Derivation:

    straggle (a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons))

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