(especially of limbs or fingers) spread out and apart

half of the crowd was watching through splayed fingers

(of a window, door, or other aperture) constructed in such a way as to be wider at one side of the wall than the other

the walls are pierced by splayed window openings

thrust or spread (things, especially limbs or fingers) out and apart

her hands were splayed across his broad shoulders

he stood with his legs and arms splayed out