Crawly
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Crawly is an adjective meaning Crawling around.
Meaning
Crawling around.
More Meanings
- As if covered in moving things such as insects.
Example Sentences
a crawly insect
a crawly sensation
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.
Word Forms
- crawlier
- crawliest
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include creepy, crawlsome, formicant, scrabbly, flesh-crawling, squirmy.
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