creepinglyadv.
/ˈkriːpɪŋli/ In a creeping manner. literal and figurative.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > sneakiness > [adverb]
creepingly1548
surreptiously1573
surreptitiously1587
the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [adverb] > softly or stealthily
creepingly1548
sneakingly1598
sneakishly1912
the world > movement > progressive motion > moving along with hands and feet or with body prone > [adverb] > in creeping or crawling manner
creepingly1548
worm-like1814
snakewise1874
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adverb]
softlyc1225
by stalea1240
privilya1250
slylyc1275
thieflyc1290
stealingly13..
by stealth1390
stalworthlya1400
theftfullyc1400
theftlyc1400
theftuouslyc1400
under veilc1425
thievishly?c1450
by theft1488
quietly1488
furtively1490
by surreption1526
hugger-muggera1529
in hugger-mugger1529
underhand1538
insidiously1545
creepingly1548
surreptiously1573
underboard1582
filchingly1583
sneakingly1598
underwater1600
slipperily1603
thief-likea1625
clandestinely1632
surreptitiously1643
thievously1658
clancularly1699
stownlins1786
stealthily1806
underhandedly1806
stolen-wise1813
on (upon, under, or by) the sly1818
round-the-corner1820
underhanded1823
stealthfully1828
slinkingly1830
slippingly1830
on the sneak?1863
sneakishly1867
behind backs1874
stalkingly1891
on the side1893
under the counter1926
underground1935
under the table1938
down and dirty1959
sneakily1966
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > [adverb]
creepingly1548
unsuspectedly1645
soft-footedly1834
on (formerly upon) the prowl1836
inconspicuously1893
1548 W. Thomas Ital. Gram. & Dict. Carpone, creepyngly, as he that goeth on all fower.
1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 8 Age, comming on, so creepinglie.
1675 E. Phillips Theatrum Poetarum (new ed.) Pref. (T.) That the poem be not..creepingly low and insipid.
1816 L. Hunt Story of Rimini iii. 460 Pretending not to see The latter [satyrs] in the brakes come creepingly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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