stragglingly
- adverb
- /ˈstræɡlɪŋli/
- The parade moved stragglingly through the village as people joined at their own pace.
Examples
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The children walked stragglingly behind their parents.
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Vines climbed stragglingly up the fence, giving the garden a wild appearance.
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The wildflowers grew stragglingly along the edge of the abandoned path.
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The plants grew stragglingly across the garden.
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The parade moved stragglingly through the village as people joined at their own pace.
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The wildflowers grew stragglingly along the edge of the abandoned path.
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Vines climbed stragglingly up the fence, giving the garden a wild appearance.
Synonyms
12
6.4
In a way that is not regular or easy to predict
7
3.5
In a way that makes some parts different from others
4
2.9
In a careless, untidy way that makes things messy
4
4.2
Happens at different times and not in a steady way
1
4.9
In an uneven, rough way with sudden stops and starts
1
9.9
In a messy, mixed-up way with things in no order
1
7.9
In an uneven way that leaves some parts not covered
1
6.6
In an uneven way so small parts are different
1
6.5
In a scattered way across an area, not in one place
Antonyms
How Scattered
Surface Forms
Morphology
stragglingly = straggling (transparent) = straggle + ing + ly
Formed by adding -ly to the adjective 'straggling' (itself from 'straggle'); the adverbial meaning 'in a straggling manner' is directly predictable.
Etymology
Stragglingly comes from straggle, a word like the simple word stray that means 'to wander away from a group'; imagine people falling behind a parade or plants growing in a loose, messy way. So, stragglingly describes doing something in a 'scattered' or 'uneven' way.