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asprawl

[ uh-sprawl ]

/ əˈsprɔl /

adverb, adjective

being in a sprawling state or posture: The body lay asprawl among the wreckage.

Words nearby asprawl

aspire, aspirin, asplanchnic, asplenia, asplenium, asprawl, aspro, asquint, asquith, asr, asrama

Origin of asprawl

First recorded in 1875–80; a-¹ + sprawl

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for asprawl

Down he went, asprawl on his back, under this sudden loss of his precarious balance.
Buff: A Collie and other dog-stories|Albert Payson Terhune
The other two were asprawl on the ground and but barely moving.
In the Court of King Arthur|Samuel Lowe
If you'd liked you could have chucked us all asprawl, an' that would have bin the end of it, with me down.
A Man to His Mate|J. Allan Dunn
I came into her room, and found her asprawl on the bed, weeping.
Tono Bungay|H. G. Wells

Trent, with ludicrous ease, tripped the awkwardly charging shepherd and sent him asprawl on the ground.
Buff: A Collie and other dog-stories|Albert Payson Terhune

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