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creepingly

adv

Etymology

From creeping + -ly.

  1. derived from *kreupaną✻ — “to creep, crawl”
  2. inherited from *kreupandz✻
  3. inherited from crēopende
  4. inherited from crepynge
  5. suffixed as creepingly — “creeping + ly”

Definitions

  1. By creeping, moving stealthily and slowly

    By creeping, moving stealthily and slowly; insidiously; cunningly.

    • a. 1712, Robert South, sermon How slily and creepingly did he address himself to our first parents.

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