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View synonyms for astraddle
astraddle
[ uh-strad-l ]
adverb
- astride with one leg on each side of; astride:
sitting astraddle a fence.
astraddle
/ əˈstrædəl /
adjective
- postpositive with a leg on either side of something
preposition
- astride
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Word History and Origins
Origin of astraddle1
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Example Sentences
Mayo had been riding the main boom astraddle, hitching himself toward the captain, to make him hear.
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McClellan's army being astraddle the Chickahominy, two courses of action were open to him when he was attacked.
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Standing astraddle on both seats, with the map close to the lamp, I greedily followed the course of the 'tief' southward.
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Astraddle on Tono-Bungay, he flashed athwart the empty heavens—like a comet—rather, like a stupendous rocket!
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Horse: Place the index and third fingers of the right hand astraddle the index-finger of the left.
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