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Definition of Asprawl
1. adv. & a. Sprawling.
Definition of Asprawl
1. Adjective. sprawling ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Asprawl
1. in a sprawl [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Asprawl
Literary usage of Asprawl
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1890)
"(2) The bottom of a post ; the part which is fixed in the ground.— NH Arter [aa-tur],
prep. after.—Cooper. asprawl [u'sprau-1], adv. in a sprawling posture. ..."
2. A Glossary of Berkshire Words and Phrases by Job Lowsley, Barzillai Lowsley (1888)
"asprawl ... 'He fell all asprawl.'—NH Ast [aast'], v. to ask. Ex. ' He ast me to come. ..."
3. The Works of A. Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
"affair was over, let their man's head fall back with a crack upon the floor, and
there he lay, his huge arms and legs asprawl, whilst the Corinthians and ..."
4. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888)
"Round he goes with his hoofs asprawl, His month gapes wide, and his teeth aren't
of spleen. small, With his ears laid back, and his tail to the He doesn't ..."
5. Marriage by Herbert George Wells (1912)
"The house itself was long and low, as if a London house holidaying in the country
had flung itself asprawl; it had two disconnected and roomy staircases, ..."
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