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crawlsome

crawlsome adjective: indicative of a crawl; characterised or marked by crawling.

Adjective

crawlsome (comparative more crawlsome, superlative most crawlsome)

  1. Indicative of a crawl; characterised or marked by crawling.
    • I shook my head. In a crawlsome way, he was amusing. He was all eyebrows and they were so busy. They wriggled. Big black caterpillars. Little black eyes peered piercingly from under them. He made me laugh.2007, Katherine Baccaro, Precipice
    • Not all the whites who have to live in places like Port Darwin, Wyndham, Broome or Hedland are color-serving, crawlsome creatures, who care nothing for the future of our young nation.2014, Annie Boyd, Koombana Days

Forms of crawlsome

comparativemore crawlsome
superlativemost crawlsome

Origin of crawlsome

From crawl + -some.

Questions about crawlsome

What does crawlsome mean?
Crawlsome means indicative of a crawl; characterised or marked by crawling.
What part of speech is crawlsome?
Crawlsome is an adjective.

Words near crawlsome in the dictionary

  1. crawlings
  2. crawls
  3. crawls before one walks
  4. crawls up someone's ass
  5. crawls with
  6. crawlsome
  7. crawlspace
  8. crawlspaces
  9. crawlway
  10. crawlways
  11. crawly

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