crawly
Americanadjective
noun
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crawlies
plural
adjective
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of crawly
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The answer to this long-standing question may be one step closer thanks to research on the crawly living twigs known as stick insects.
From Science Magazine ● May 23, 2024
It focuses on the ever-changing perceptions of crawly creatures, such as ants but also toads, snakes and spiders, in the arts and sciences.
From Reuters ● Sep. 16, 2022
There’s plenty of creepy, crawly stuff in the soil, and organisms such as worms, snails and slugs are essential to the planet’s health.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 6, 2022
At high tide, Second Street was a landing pad for homesick crawly creatures looking for sand.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2020
I’m a lobster boy, and all I care about is them crawly bugs with the big claws.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
After a series of unfortunate eventsand increasingly violent visitations, a media frenzy surrounds them and the Warrens turn up to rid the house of creepy crawlies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025
Blake Saengerhausen is used to encountering creepy crawlies like scorpions, tarantulas and centipedes.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 4, 2023
She said she was glad "to be a small part of inspiring children to connect to nature, to connect to creepy crawlies and furry animals".
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2023
There, it’s time for creepy crawlies to get to work.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2021
The crickets and creepy crawlies were out in force.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
Peter Lorre at his crawliest, poured into Pinky Lee?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 1985
One of the crawliest figures to emerge was that of Peter Rachman, who may, or may not, be dead.
From Time Magazine Archive
Behind his boyish smile, Tyte is one of the crawliest characters in recent fiction.
From Time Magazine Archive
He tucked himself into a fork the way he had been taught, and he passed the crawliest, tickliest night he had ever known.
From Irish Fairy Tales by James Stephens
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