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

The stranger bobbed into him and went asprawl like a clumsy and apologetic passer-by.

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"I reckon the Cosmos is cracked," said Usher, and fell asprawl in his round office chair.

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Instantly Russ shot over the pony's head and came down asprawl on the ground!

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And then Blake reeled backward, his eyes wide, the gun escaping from his hand, and fell on his back horribly asprawl.

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

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