sprawling

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sprawling

The child's sprawling handwriting covered the entire page.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Spreading out in different directions in an irregular or uncontrolled way: Describes something that extends or grows outward over a large area in a loose, often untidy, manner.
    • Occupying a large, expansive area: Describes something that covers a lot of space, often implying a lack of compactness or efficient organization.

  2. Noun:

    • An ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about: The act of sitting or lying with one's limbs stretched out in a relaxed and careless way.
Usage Examples

  • Adjective:

    • The city's sprawling suburbs seemed to go on forever.
    • She tried to decipher his sprawling handwriting on the note.
    • The old tree had sprawling branches that shaded the entire yard.

  • Noun:

    • After the long hike, he collapsed on the sofa in a tired sprawling.
    • The cat's comfortable sprawling took up most of the armchair.
Advanced Usage
  • "Sprawling" is often used to describe urban or suburban development that expands haphazardly into surrounding rural areas, consuming land.
    • The government is trying to control sprawling development to protect farmland.
  • It can describe something that is extensive and comprehensive but potentially disorganized.
    • The novel is a sprawling epic covering three generations of a family.
Variants and Related Words
  • Sprawl (verb): To sit, lie, or fall with one's limbs spread out in a relaxed or ungainly way; to spread out over a large area in an irregular way.
    • He liked to sprawl on the couch after work.
    • Vines sprawled across the garden path.
  • Sprawly (adjective, informal): Having the characteristics of sprawl; spread out.
Synonyms
  • Adjective: Extensive, widespread, rambling, straggling, spreading.
  • Noun: Slouching, lounging, lolling.
Related Phrases
  • Urban sprawl (noun phrase): The uncontrolled expansion of urban areas into the surrounding countryside.
    • The debate focused on the environmental costs of urban sprawl.
sprawling

The child's sprawling handwriting covered the entire page.

Adjective
  1. spreading out in different directions
    • sprawling handwriting
    • straggling branches
    • straggly hair
Noun
  1. an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about

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