straggly, a.
(ˈstræglɪ)
[f. straggle v.1 and n. + -y.]
Characterized by straggling.
| 1862 J. A. Symonds Let. 2 Feb. (1967) I. 327 The ever⁓greens..are growing very straggly in parts. 1866 Carlyle Remin. (1881) I. 152 At the riding-house..was a kind of straggly group, or small crowd, with redcoats interspersed. 1880 R. Broughton Sec. Th. i. iii, A shaky, straggly old man's hand. 1882 Garden 2 Sept. 204/3 The spike has numerous long straggly branches. 1890 J. Hatton By Order of Czar iv. i, His hair long and straggly. |