Crawly
adj
adj ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Crawling around.
"1969-1970, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Another out-of-site thing is in the 2 yrs I've known that place no-one has ever seen a crawly bug, only flies. Not even a spider."
- 2 As if covered in moving things such as insects.
"a crawly sensation"
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More examples"1969-1970, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Another out-of-site thing is in the 2 yrs I've known that place no-one has ever seen a crawly bug, only flies. Not even a spider."
Etymology
From crawl + -y.
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