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Definition of Creepily
1. creepy [adv] - See also: creepy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Creepily
Literary usage of Creepily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern British Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1920)
"Never have silence and black night been reproduced more creepily, nor has the
symbolism of man's courage facing the cryptic riddle of life been more ..."
2. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"... to slide it up and down creepily and unpleasantly, like a snake at play ; to
leer, and gloat over disaster not like a man, but a beast. ..."
3. Dramatic Opinions and Essays, with an Apology: With an Apology by Bernard Shaw (1907)
"... opinion that Miss Baird carried herself too creepily; and I will not deny that
there may be some truth in this. As to Mr. Tree, I should no more dream ..."
4. Edward Bulwer, First Baron Lytton of Knebworth: A Social, Personal, and by Thomas Hay Sweet Escott (1910)
"Startlingly suggestive and creepily enthralling as may be the subject-matter,
nothing can be more simple, unadorned, and, therefore, skilful than the ..."
5. Modern British Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1920)
"Never have silence and black night been reproduced more creepily, nor has the
symbolism of man's courage facing the cryptic riddle of life been more ..."
6. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"... to slide it up and down creepily and unpleasantly, like a snake at play ; to
leer, and gloat over disaster not like a man, but a beast. ..."
7. Dramatic Opinions and Essays, with an Apology: With an Apology by Bernard Shaw (1907)
"... opinion that Miss Baird carried herself too creepily; and I will not deny that
there may be some truth in this. As to Mr. Tree, I should no more dream ..."
8. Edward Bulwer, First Baron Lytton of Knebworth: A Social, Personal, and by Thomas Hay Sweet Escott (1910)
"Startlingly suggestive and creepily enthralling as may be the subject-matter,
nothing can be more simple, unadorned, and, therefore, skilful than the ..."
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