Definition of Creepily

1. Adverb. In a creepy manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Creepily

1. creepy [adv] - See also: creepy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Creepily

creepages
creeped
creeper
creepers
creepeth
creephole
creepholes
creepie
creepier
creepies
creepiest
creepified
creepifies
creepify
creepifying
creepily (current term)
creepiness
creepinesses
creeping
creeping Charlie
creeping Jenny
creeping St John's wort
creeping bellflower
creeping bent
creeping bugle
creeping crowfoot
creeping elegance

Literary usage of Creepily

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Modern British Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1920)
"Never have silence and black night been reproduced more creepily, nor has the symbolism of man's courage facing the cryptic riddle of life been more ..."

2. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"... to slide it up and down creepily and unpleasantly, like a snake at play ; to leer, and gloat over disaster not like a man, but a beast. ..."

3. Dramatic Opinions and Essays, with an Apology: With an Apology by Bernard Shaw (1907)
"... opinion that Miss Baird carried herself too creepily; and I will not deny that there may be some truth in this. As to Mr. Tree, I should no more dream ..."

4. Edward Bulwer, First Baron Lytton of Knebworth: A Social, Personal, and by Thomas Hay Sweet Escott (1910)
"Startlingly suggestive and creepily enthralling as may be the subject-matter, nothing can be more simple, unadorned, and, therefore, skilful than the ..."

5. Modern British Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1920)
"Never have silence and black night been reproduced more creepily, nor has the symbolism of man's courage facing the cryptic riddle of life been more ..."

6. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"... to slide it up and down creepily and unpleasantly, like a snake at play ; to leer, and gloat over disaster not like a man, but a beast. ..."

7. Dramatic Opinions and Essays, with an Apology: With an Apology by Bernard Shaw (1907)
"... opinion that Miss Baird carried herself too creepily; and I will not deny that there may be some truth in this. As to Mr. Tree, I should no more dream ..."

8. Edward Bulwer, First Baron Lytton of Knebworth: A Social, Personal, and by Thomas Hay Sweet Escott (1910)
"Startlingly suggestive and creepily enthralling as may be the subject-matter, nothing can be more simple, unadorned, and, therefore, skilful than the ..."

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