Spreadeagled vs. Sprawling — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Spreadeagled and Sprawling
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Definitions
Spreadeagled
Simple past tense and past participle of spreadeagle
Sprawling
To sit or lie with the body and limbs spread out awkwardly.
Sprawling
To spread out in a straggling or disordered fashion
Untidy tenements sprawling toward the river.
Sprawling
To cause to spread out in a straggling or disordered fashion.
Sprawling
A sprawling position or posture.
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Sprawling
A usually disorderly or haphazard mass, array, or extension
A sprawl of outbuildings.
Urban sprawl.
Sprawling
Present participle of sprawl
Sprawling
That sprawls
Sprawling
Expansive; extensive
A sprawling cityscape
Sprawling
The act of one who sprawls.
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Sprawling
An ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about
Sprawling
Spread out irregularly;
Sat sprawled in the big armchair
The sprawling suburbs
A big sprawly city
Sprawling
Spreading out carelessly (as if wandering) in different directions;
Sprawling handwriting
Straggling branches
Straggly hair
