Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

creepily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

Syllables: creep-i-ly
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a creepy manner.

adv

With a furtive creeping motion.

Example Sentences

"I returned quietly, creepily, to the tent, first taking another exhaustive look round and—yes, I confess it—making a few measurements."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *kreupaną Proto-West Germanic *kreupan Old English crēopan Middle English crepen English creep Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English creepy Middle English -ly English -ly English creepily From creepy + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more creepily (comparative) most creepily (superlative)

Questions

What does creepily mean?: In a creepy manner.
Where does creepily come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *kreupaną Proto-West Germanic *kreupan Old English crēopan Middle English crepen English creep Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English creepy Middle English -ly English -ly English creepily From creepy + -ly.

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