spraddle-legged
[ sprad-l-leg-id, -legd ]
adjective
moving with or having the legs wide apart: a spraddle-legged walk.
adverb
with the legs sprawled, spread apart, etc.: sitting spraddle-legged on the chair.
Origin of spraddle-legged
1First recorded in 1880–85
Words Nearby spraddle-legged
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How to use spraddle-legged in a sentence
He was perhaps seven feet and a handful of inches tall, and was sitting, spraddle-legged, at the table.
Captives of the Flame | Samuel R. DelanyLetha shrugged and leaned back against the tree trunk again, sitting spraddle-legged this time in the hope of catching Evon's eye.
The Ties That Bind | Walter Miller
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