Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1. 
 spreading out in different directions; 
- Example: "sprawling handwriting"- Example: "straggling branches"- Example: "straggly hair"[syn: sprawling, straggling, rambling, straggly]
2.  growing or spreading sparsely or irregularly; 
- Example: "straggly ivy"
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
straggly
    adj 1: spreading out in different directions; "sprawling
           handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair"
           [syn: sprawling, straggling, rambling, straggly]
    2: growing or spreading sparsely or irregularly; "straggly ivy"