asprawl

[ uh-sprawl ]

/ əˈsprɔl /

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

Nearby words

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

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