astraddle
[uh-strad-l]
- astride with one leg on each side of; astride: sitting astraddle a fence.
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Origin of astraddle
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doubtful, wishy-washy, hesitant, tentative, astraddle, changeable, halting, hesitating, inconclusive, indeterminate, irresolute, unclear, undecided, undetermined, uneventful, unsettled, unstable, vacillating, wavering, falteringExamples from the Web for astraddle
Historical Examples
Astraddle on Tono-Bungay, he flashed athwart the empty heavens—like a comet—rather, like a stupendous rocket!
Tono BungayH. G. Wells
Having careered, plunging and tugging and side-stepping, until she was astraddle of the outside trace, Jenny stopped.
The Pike's Peak RushEdwin L. Sabin
The antagonists in the strange duello sat back to back, astraddle a seat.
The Skipper and the SkippedHolman Day
He made a few turns around the room, astraddle of his chair, and ended by a grand somersault, as if his steed had dismounted him.
Set him astraddle the wooden horse with a spear shaft at either foot to teach him that a soldier's first duty is not to think.
The Black DouglasS. R. Crockett
astraddle
- (postpositive) with a leg on either side of something
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- astride
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