Creepily

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a creepy manner.
  2. 2
    With a furtive creeping motion.

    "I returned quietly, creepily, to the tent, first taking another exhaustive look round and—yes, I confess it—making a few measurements."

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"Yanni smiled creepily at Skura."

Etymology

From creepy + -ly.

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