creaturelyadj.
/ˈkriːtʃəli/, U.S. /ˈkritʃərli/ Of, belonging to, or proper to a creature; of the nature of a creature.
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the world > life > [adjective] > relating to
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1637 S. Rogers Diary 20 July (2004) 110 Oh sinfull wretch I, unfruitfull, creaturelye, vaine, dead unbelieving.
1648 J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Descr. Three Princ. iii. 10 My writings must be understood in a creaturely [Ger. creatürlich] manner, as the birth of man is, who is a similitude of God.
1662 J. Sparrow tr. J. Boehme Apol. Perfection in Remainder Bks. 114 In the Creaturely humanity of Christ.
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 473 Sensible Objects, and Creaturely Forms.
1752 W. Law Spirit of Love (1816) i. 29 Every creaturely spirit must have its own body.
1788 D. Gott Midnight Cry 8 The creaturely part in me is as dirt and clay.
?1820 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1971) V. 97 Confined to the Objects of the Sense and the Understanding, or (what is the same) to the Finite, the Creaturely.
1872 H. P. Liddon Some Elements Relig. iv. 155 The conditions of creaturely existence.
1915 C. Capuchin Romanticism of St. Francis 46 The majesty of the creaturely world..is therefore..to be revered as a gift of God.
1984 D. DeLillo White Noise (1985) i. iv. 15 Babette was moist and warm, emitting a creaturely hum.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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