Antonyms of adj straggly

2 senses of straggly

Sense 1
sprawling, straggling, rambling, straggly -- (spreading out in different directions; "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair")

INDIRECT (VIA untidy) -> tidy -- (marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits; "a tidy person"; "a tidy house"; "a tidy mind")

Sense 2
straggly -- (growing or spreading sparsely or irregularly; "straggly ivy")

INDIRECT (VIA distributed) -> concentrated -- (gathered together or made less diffuse; "their concentrated efforts"; "his concentrated attention"; "concentrated study"; "a narrow thread of concentrated ore")

Similarity of adj straggly

2 senses of straggly

Sense 1
sprawling, straggling, rambling, straggly -- (spreading out in different directions; "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair")
       => untidy (vs. tidy) -- (not neat and tidy; "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money")

Sense 2
straggly -- (growing or spreading sparsely or irregularly; "straggly ivy")
       => distributed (vs. concentrated) -- (spread out or scattered about or divided up)

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