"adangle" meaning in English

See adangle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: a- + dangle Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|a|dangle}} a- + dangle Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} adangle (not comparable)
  1. Dangling. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-adangle-en-adj-eZvCVFIg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with a-

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          "text": "The young boy sat on the bridge fishing, his legs adangle."
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          "ref": "1855, Robert Browning, “Fra Lippo Lippi”, in Men and Women, volume 1, London: Chapman and Hall, page 37",
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          "ref": "1902, Virna Sheard, A Maid of Many Moods, Toronto: Copp, Clark, Chapter, page 76",
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          "ref": "2001, Jamie O’Neill, chapter 11, in At Swim, Two Boys, London: Scribner, page 325",
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