adv. Obs. rare–1. [f. STRIDE sb. + -LONG. Cf. STRIDDLING adv.] With the legs wide apart.
1609. Holland, Amm. Marcell., XIV. 16. The militarie men … with hairie cords bound fast to his legges, drew him stridelong [L. divaricatum] without any intermission as farre as to the Præfects Prætorium.
