crawly

English

Etymology

From crawl +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• Homophones: Crawley

Adjective

crawly (comparative crawlier, superlative crawliest)

1. Crawling around.
   • 1969-1970, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure

     Another out-of-site thing is in the 2 yrs I've known that place no-one has ever seen a crawly bug, only flies. Not even a spider.

   a crawly insect

2. As if covered in moving things such as insects.

   a crawly sensation

Related terms

• creepy-crawly