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Definition of Crawly
1. a. Creepy.
Definition of Crawly
1. Adjective. Having a sensation of being covered in moving things such as insects ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crawly
1. creepy [adj CRAWLIER, CRAWLIEST] - See also: creepy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crawly
Literary usage of Crawly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pat M'Carty, Farmer, of Antrim: His Rhymes, with a Setting by John Stevenson (1905)
"It matters not that an object may have wings neatly tucked away under elytra—the
means are not visible — therefore it is creepy-crawly. ..."
2. Christian Science and the Ordinary Man: A Discussion of Some of the by Walter Stewart Harris (1917)
"The other day I was looking through a microscope, and while a cure for tuberculosis
has never been yet discovered, I think I know, and have seen, a crawly ..."
3. The Law Reports. Privy Council Appeals: Cases Heard and Determined by the by Herbert Cowell, Edmund F. Moore, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords (1869)
"THE They must be satisfied with their remedy against crawly. ... The circumstances
are these:—Inadequacy of the price given by crawly; Wirsing, ..."
4. Pat M'Carty, Farmer, of Antrim: His Rhymes, with a Setting by John Stevenson (1905)
"It matters not that an object may have wings neatly tucked away under elytra—the
means are not visible — therefore it is creepy-crawly. ..."
5. Christian Science and the Ordinary Man: A Discussion of Some of the by Walter Stewart Harris (1917)
"The other day I was looking through a microscope, and while a cure for tuberculosis
has never been yet discovered, I think I know, and have seen, a crawly ..."
6. The Law Reports. Privy Council Appeals: Cases Heard and Determined by the by Herbert Cowell, Edmund F. Moore, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords (1869)
"THE They must be satisfied with their remedy against crawly. ... The circumstances
are these:—Inadequacy of the price given by crawly; Wirsing, ..."