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creepily

adv

Etymology

From creepy + -ly.

  1. derived from *grewbʰ-✻ — “to turn, wind”
  2. inherited from *kreupaną✻ — “to twist, creep”
  3. inherited from *kreupan✻
  4. inherited from crēopan — “to creep, crawl”
  5. inherited from crepen
  6. formed as creepy — “creep + -y”
  7. suffixed as creepily — “creepy + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a creepy manner.

  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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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA