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Straggly

adjective

Spreading out in different directions. Synonyms: rambling, sprawling, straggling. "Straggling branches" , "Straggly hair"

Growing or spreading sparsely or irregularly.

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"Straggly" Quotes from Famous Books

... fancy to this rough, good-natured man. In spite of his straggly beard and unkempt appearance, there was a vague suggestion of the soldier about him. Besides, she had a vague feeling that she would like to postpone his departure as long as ...

— The Land of Promise • D. Torbett

... again, but there was not a stir from his audience. From under their dirty headkerchiefs or straggly unkempt hair, the men who knew no other life but the sea, no happiness or danger unconnected with it, never took ...

— Mr. Wicker's Window • Carley Dawson

... wharves, flanked by ancient warehouses in a straggly row along the water line. The windows of these ancient edifices had looked down on Revolutionary heroes, the old brick walls had echoed to the sound of fife and drum—the old streets had once been thronged by men in blue and buff. Since those days the quaint little ...

— The Tin Soldier • Temple Bailey

... his companion, "but it ain't much after all. Fancy calling that wiry stuff grass in England, and admiring those straggly creepers and shrubs. Why we wouldn't give 'em house-room in the dullest, deadest corner ...

— The Moving Finger • Mary Gaunt

Words linked to "Straggly" : distributed, straggling, straggle, untidy, rambling