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PRONUNCIATION OF STRAGGLY

straggly  [ˈstræɡlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STRAGGLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Straggly is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STRAGGLY


bigly
ˈbɪɡlɪ
bragly
ˈbræɡlɪ
fugly
ˈfʌɡlɪ
gangly
ˈɡæŋɡlɪ
googly
ˈɡuːɡlɪ
Hooghly
ˈhuːɡlɪ
scraggly
ˈskræɡlɪ
shingly
ˈʃɪŋɡlɪ
singly
ˈsɪŋɡlɪ
smugly
ˈsmʌɡlɪ
snugly
ˈsnʌɡlɪ
spangly
ˈspæŋɡlɪ
squiggly
ˈskwɪɡlɪ
tingly
ˈtɪŋɡlɪ
UGLI
ˈʌɡlɪ
ugly
ˈʌɡlɪ
vaguely
ˈveɪɡlɪ
waggly
ˈwæɡlɪ
wiggly
ˈwɪɡlɪ
wriggly
ˈrɪɡlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STRAGGLY

strafe
strafer
Strafford
strafing
strag
straggle
straggler
straggling
stragglingly
straichter
straichtest
straight
straight and narrow
straight angle
straight arm lift
straight arrow
straight away
straight bat
straight chain
straight chair

WORDS THAT END LIKE STRAGGLY

accordingly
amazingly
astonishingly
coggly
giggly
goggly
increasingly
interestingly
jiggly
knowingly
livingly
lovingly
niggly
scriggly
seemingly
shoggly
strongly
stunningly
surprisingly
wrongly

Synonyms and antonyms of straggly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «STRAGGLY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «straggly» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of straggly

Translation of «straggly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STRAGGLY

Find out the translation of straggly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of straggly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «straggly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

散乱
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desordenado
570 millions of speakers

English

straggly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

straggly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مبعثر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

клочковатая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

straggly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

straggly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

straggly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Straggly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

strähnig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

散在した
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

straggly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Straggly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

straggly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

straggly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तल्लखपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dağınık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

straggly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

straggly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

клочковатая
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

straggly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άτακτος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

yl
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spretig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

straggly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of straggly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STRAGGLY»

The term «straggly» is regularly used and occupies the 95.429 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STRAGGLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about straggly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STRAGGLY»

Discover the use of straggly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to straggly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Straggly Smile
If you look closely at people you can find crazy smiles and healing smiles, sweet smiles, contagious ones, even hairy and genial smiles. Marion is losing her baby teeth and all she's got is a straggly smile.
Vanessa Saint Cyr, 2011
2
The Pruning Specialist
H H Hedysarum multijugum BThin out any old and weak stems and shorten straggly shoots from the previous year's growth in late winter. Helianthemum nummularium Rock Rose S Shorten long and straggly shoots and cut off old flowerheads ...
David Squire, 2004
3
Grandparenting with a Purpose
Now, when I remember what the straggly juniper branch looked like when my father cut it from the tree and compare it to the beautiful, decorated, well-shaped tree in my home, I see it differently. I see the straggly, forlorn branch as a person's  ...
Lillian Penner, 2010
4
Your Screenplay Sucks!: 100 Ways to Make It Great
On last seat sits a pretty YOUNG GIRL - 20s, straggly blonde hair. Her head rests wearily on the window glass, dozing off. Don't be redundant. We know the window is glass. Also, proofreading is a jolly idea. On the last seat sits a pretty YOUNG ...
William M Akers, 2011
5
Trees and Shrubs of California
STRAGGLY GOOSEBERRY Ribes divaricatum DESC RIPTIO N: A diffuse shrub that grows to be 2.5 m (8 ft) tall. LEAVES are thin, 2 cm (.75 in.) to 5 cm (2 in.) wide, 3- or 5-lobed, and coarsely toothed. Leaf surfaces are light green and either ...
John D. Stuart, John O. Sawyer, 2001
6
Daphne's Book
Daphne is the last person Jessica wants to work with on the Write-a-Book project, but her feelings change when she gets to know Daphne and stumbles on her terrible secret.
Mary Downing Hahn, 1983
7
God, Justice, and Society: Aspects of Law and Legality in ...
There is a visual connection between the picture of a Nazirite who has an unkempt beard (Numbers 6:5) and the sight of straggly growth on the “face” of the land. This is not surprising: as we have seen repeatedly, land and people go together.
Jonathan Burnside, 2011
8
New Flora of the British Isles
E. mackayana Bab. - Mackay's Heath. Straggly to compact shrub to 60cm; leaves in whorls of 4, 2-4.5mm, with long glandular hairs, with most of lowerside exposed; flowers in terminal umbel-like clusters; corolla 5-7mm, purplish-pink; ( 2n=24).
Clive Stace, 2010
9
Abigail in Gangland
She had already checked them out and loaded their groceries in plastic sacks, and now she waited for the straggly-haired girl to fish enough money from her bulging purse to pay for the groceries. This process was being slowed by a lively  ...
Ray Reece, 2007
10
Bacterial Population Genetics in Infectious Disease
The output from Burkholderia pseudomallei illustrates that many STs have merged into a single “straggly” group, with less clear evidence of radial diversification and poorly supported founders. This difference is likely due to much higher rates ...
D. Ashley Robinson, Edward J Feil, Daniel Falush, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STRAGGLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term straggly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'Straggly-haired' burglar strikes with woman victim upstairs calling …
Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman in a Wiltshire village called police to report a 'straggly-haired' burglar had broken in and was searching ... «Western Daily Press, Jul 15»
2
Straggly brows are suddenly stylish
The world of fashion has caught on, too, with big-name brands such as Jigsaw having straggly-browed models plastered all over advertising billboards for ... «Independent Online, Nov 14»
3
Urban foraging: what foods can you find growing in cities?
When I was invited on an urban foraging walk in the glorious Georgian setting of Bath, I was rather sceptical we'd find anything more than a few straggly ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 14»
4
Her Outdoors: I am a gooseberry fool
One of the plants I inherited when I took over Plot 35a last year was a gooseberry bush. It was quite straggly and had criss-crossing branches and as a result ... «The Independent, Jul 14»
5
ACTION PLAN: Nigel Colborn's essential jobs for your garden this …
Remove spent flowers and cut back any straggly growths to encourage new shoots. Tickled pink: Give your pinks some love and remove spent flowers and cut ... «Daily Mail, Jul 14»
6
The art to cultivating coriander
Coriander can be a tricky herb to grow. It has a tendency to bolt when it gets too warm and goes leggy and straggly when it gets damp. But if I had the choice ... «Scoop.co.nz, Mar 14»
7
Sounds Crazy, But It Works: Wash Your Hair In Reverse!
But the thing that has made the biggest difference in my straggly, sticky, stringy blonde hair is also the simplest: water. I rinsed my hair with bottled water one day ... «xoJane, Feb 14»
8
A straggly beard and silly stats can't disguise this very dull fare …
That beard of Jeremy Paxman's is obviously contagious. Celebrity cook Nigel Slater has got a bad attack of it — grey, unkempt and scraggy, it makes him look as ... «Daily Mail, Nov 13»
9
Dakota Fanning is pale and straggly-haired as she steps out for …
Perhaps Dakota Fanning had yet to catch up on her sleep as she emerged for a walk with her boyfriend Jamie Strachan in Manhattan on Monday. «Daily Mail, Sep 13»
10
Alaska cedars are looking straggly in pots
Ones I see planted in landscapes look nice and full, but the ones I've seen in pots at two different garden centers look kind of skinny and straggly. Are there ... «PennLive.com, Aug 13»

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