straggling vs straggly

straggling and straggly both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
straggling	No	Yes	No	No
straggly	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, straggling and straggly are synonyms defined as:

straggling and straggly: spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly

Other synonyms of straggling include rambling, sprawling.

straggling (adjective)	straggly (adjective)
spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly	growing or spreading sparsely or irregularly
	spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly