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spraddle-legged

[ sprad-l-leg-id, -legd ]

adjective

  1. moving with or having the legs wide apart:

    a spraddle-legged walk.



adverb

  1. with the legs sprawled, spread apart, etc.:

    sitting spraddle-legged on the chair.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of spraddle-legged1

First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences

He was perhaps seven feet and a handful of inches tall, and was sitting, spraddle-legged, at the table.

Letha shrugged and leaned back against the tree trunk again, sitting spraddle-legged this time in the hope of catching Evon's eye.

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