crawly

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adjective

Crawling around.

“a crawly insect”

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Meanings

adjectivecrawly (comparative crawlier, superlative crawliest)

comparative crawlier · superlative crawliest

  1. Crawling around.

    a crawly insect

    1 more example

    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.

  2. As if covered in moving things such as insects.

    a crawly sensation

Origin

From crawl + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

crawly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crawly

MLA

“crawly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crawly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crawly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crawly.

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