Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Informal Creepy.
- adj. Informal Feeling as if covered with moving things.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Having a sensation as of the contact of crawling things.
Wiktionary
- adj. Having a sensation of being covered in moving things such as insects
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. colloq. Creepy.
Etymologies
- From crawl + -y. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Mason had come armed with a handful of wild barley-grass, or "crawly", as it was better known among the boys.”
“Of literary art there is little, of invention considerable; and while the style is to a certain extent unformed and immature, it is neither feeble nor obscure, and admirably serves the author's purpose of creating what the children call a "crawly" impression.”
The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner
“* Tingling or numbness in the hands, face, feet or mouth (paresthesia) * Feelings of "crawly," "itchy," or "cringy" skin sensations.”
“Bring your favourite creepy crawly a Valentine to the Toronto Zoo February 12-15th and get in free!”
“It's already that creepy crawly time of year at the Natural History Museum's wonderful Spider Pavilion.”
The Huffington Post: Sarah Bowman: What's Up for October From Kids Off the Couch
“By the way, the word "maggot" here does not refer to an creepy crawly creature, but is a synonym for "whim.”
“Surely, you ll be indulging in enough creepy, crawly frights, so our HuffPost Green collection of this week”
“Surely, you'll be indulging in enough creepy, crawly frights, so our HuffPost Green collection of this week's best animal photos will give you all the cute and cuddly critters you need to balance yourself out.”
“Zombies and other creepy crawly facts of human life.”
“The epic "Little People Black City" cycled through 10 minutes of mood swings - from lush synthesizer-driven romance, to skeletal machine-funk - but at its emotional crest, the audience swaying along, Dear's desires got kind of creepy-crawly.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘crawly’.
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Phonestheme: CR- (or KR-)
Grateful credit to pterodactyl and http://reocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9783/phond1.html.
crook, crack, crane, cremains, cranberries, crimp, crow, crunch, crash, creak, croak, cronk and 94 more...
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Words that look like adverbs but aren't
manly, womanly, ungainly, slovenly, homily, costly, dastardly, family, sparkly, wrinkly, oily, orderly and 69 more...
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