crawly

English

Etymology

From crawl +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

Adjective

crawly (comparative crawlier, superlative crawliest)

  1. Crawling around.
    • 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.
    a crawly insect
  2. As if covered in moving things such as insects.
    a crawly sensation
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