creaturely
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- creatureliness noun
- uncreaturely adjective
Etymology
Origin of creaturely
Example Sentences
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“The word feral does not mean wild, but rewild, a creaturely life once free and then tamed, confined, and broken free again.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2022
Though “Lovecraft Country” has every flavor of creaturely nightmares, its biggest horror is the way it misuses historical woes and seems blind to its own perpetuation of damaging tropes.
From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2020
It renders beluga caviar indistinguishable from tinned ham, a duchess as creaturely as a dog.
From The Guardian • Nov. 30, 2018
Part of what made Bob so scary is the way he is at once creaturely and alien and also familiar.
From Slate • May 3, 2017
When we are living altogether in a creaturely, natural, or unregenerated way, absorbed in the ambitions and interests of a worldly life, we are perhaps content.
From The Romance of the Soul by Staveley, Lilian
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