prowl
verb (used without object)
to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
prowlingly
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a word derived from
prowl.
Example Sentences
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Their approach was prowlingly sinister, the ponies stepping gingerly down the slope, the snapping of twigs beneath their hoofs clear in the waiting silence.
From The Emigrant Trail by Geraldine Bonner
