adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a creeping manner. lit. and fig.

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1548.  Thomas, Ital. Dict., Carpone, creepyngly, as he that goeth on all fower.

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1573.  Tusser, Husb. (1878), 17. Age comming on so creepinglie.

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1675.  Phillips, Theatr. Poet., Pref. (T.). That the poem be not … creepingly low and insipid.

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1816.  L. Hunt, Rimini, III. 460. Pretending not to see The latter [satyrs] in the brakes come creepingly.

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