asprawl

[ uh-sprawl ]

adverb

1. being in a sprawling state or posture:

   The body lay asprawl among the wreckage.

Word History and Origins

Origin of asprawl¹

First recorded in 1875–80; a- ¹ + sprawl

Example Sentences

Savagely slaughtered, the feasters lay strewn across overturned chairs and hacked trestle tables, asprawl in pools of congealing blood.

From Literature

The Master had fished the month-old puppy out of the cavern of his pocket and set her down, asprawl and shivering and squealing, on the veranda floor.

From Project Gutenberg

The man on the seat yelled; swung his arm at Duke; swung his whip at his own team—tried to turn them; and then, in a great panic, with a mighty leap landed asprawl and losing his hat, legged for safety, his boot-tags flopping and his shaggy hair tossing.

From Project Gutenberg

Asprawl, a-sprawl′, adv. phrase, sprawling.

From Project Gutenberg

He held him for a moment asprawl over the edge with a drop of two hundred feet clear upon the packed causeway stones.

From Project Gutenberg