crawly
English
adj
Definitions
- Crawling around.
- As if covered in moving things such as insects.
Etymology
Suffix from English crawl (by dragging the body along the ground, move slowly, act in a servile manner).
Origin
English
crawl
Gloss
by dragging the body along the ground, move slowly, act in a servile manner
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acrawl English
- backcrawl English
- becrawl English
- bellycrawl English
- crawl English
- crawlable English
- crawler English
- crawlsome English
- crawlway English
- newscrawl English
- outcrawl English
- recrawl English
- wallcrawl English
- crawl Italian
- crawl French
- crau Portuguese
- crawl Portuguese
- crawl Swedish
- crawlen Middle English
- krol Icelandic