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staggered

adjetivo C1

En español: a tresbolillo, al tresbolillo

  1. Astonished; taken aback.
  2. Arranged in a way that is not uniform. · The U.S. Senate holds staggered elections, with only one third of the seats being filled every two years.
  3. Not directly opposite each other.
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The man glared round him, staggered, and fell senseless upon the floor.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 35 · B2
“I was staggered, sir.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 15 · B2
Then she swayed, lost her balance, stumbled, staggered, and fell, sliding down over the sun-baked roof and crashing off it through the tangle of Virginia creeper beneath--all before the dismayed circle below could give a simultaneous, terrified shriek.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 175 · C1
He cried out, and staggered against the wall like a drunken man, then he hurried to the opening that led from the abbé’s cell to his own, and said, “I must be alone, to think over all this.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 169 · C1

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