sprawly

[ spraw-lee ]

/ ˈsprɔ li /

tending to sprawl; straggly: The colt's legs were long and sprawly.

Origin of sprawly

First recorded in 1790–1800; sprawl + -y¹

Ordinary sort of writing, rather unformed and sprawly, but after a trial run Micky managed a very presentable copy of it.

The Phantom Lover |Ruby M. Ayres
The ants led him to a tiny hole with a finely pulverized rim just at the edge of a sprawly cactus.

Cow-Country |B. M. Bower
They are the sprawly kind that lie on their stomachs and kick their heels, and get under your feet and on your back.

Mary Cary |Kate Langley Bosher
Patty dashed through eight pages of sprawly penmanship, and as soon as she finished she read it all over again.

Patty's Social Season |Carolyn Wells

He took it, looked at the handwriting, which was thick and sprawly and not familiar to him, and laid it beside his plate.

Johnny Ludlow, Third Series |Mrs. Henry Wood