creepily
adverb
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adv
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.
- In a creepy manner.
- With a furtive creeping motion.
“I returned quietly, creepily, to the tent, first taking another exhaustive look round and—yes, I confess it—making a few measurements.”