crawl
verb (used without object)
to move in a prone position with the body resting on or close to the ground, as a worm or caterpillar, or on the hands and knees, as a young child.
crawlingly
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a word derived from
crawl.
Example Sentences
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To Barton I owe it that I am still alive, vigorously alive, not crawlingly ... but I suffered several slumps before I attained and held my present physique.
From Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative by Kemp, Harry
To the Applebys the time between mid-May and mid-June was crawlingly slow.
From The Innocents A Story for Lovers by Lewis, Sinclair
I asked myself why they should be so crawlingly thankful to you for paying a just debt, and I thought meanly of them.
From Christine A Fife Fisher Girl by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
At times he despaired because time passed so crawlingly slow.
From The Fourth R by Smith, George Oliver
