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Meaning of spread-eagle | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Lying with arms and legs outstretched and separated.
Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; bombastic.
colloquial, humorous

Examples

“a spread-eagle orator”

“a spread-eagle speech”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

spread-eagled spreadable spreadeagle spreadsheetlike spreadsheety spready