a. colloq. [f. CRAWL + -Y.] Like or having the sensation of insects crawling over the skin; ‘creepy.’
1860. Thackeray, Lovel, iv. A sort of crawly sensation, as of a … ghost flitting about the place.
1880. ‘Mark Twain,’ Tramp Abroad, xxi. 198. It makes one feel crawly even to think of it.
