creaturely
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characteristic of or suitable to a creature, often specifically a non-human animal.
Example Sentences
- "Bracketed by two roiling group passages, smaller dances slink by, marked by much creaturely creeping and carnivorous eroticism."
- "Crammed like a biblical ark with creaturely wonders, “The Birds of America” conveys a sense of summation, although its chronicle of American bird life is far from complete."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁eh₂yéti Latin creō Late Latin creātūralbor. Old French creaturebor. Middle English creature English creature Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English creaturely From creature + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more creaturely (comparative)
most creaturely (superlative)