asprawl

[uh-sprawl]

adverb, adjective

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

Origin of asprawl

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

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Examples from the Web for asprawl

Historical Examples of asprawl

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
The other two were asprawl on the ground and but barely moving.
In the Court of King Arthur
Samuel Lowe
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
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