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CREEP v. 11 definitions
To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or one's self; as, age creeps upon us. The sothistry which creeps into most of the books of argument. Locke. Of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women. 2. Tim. iii. 6.…
CREEPINGLY adv.
by creeping slowly; in the manner of a reptile; insidiously; cunningly. How slily and creepingly did he address himself to our first parents. South.
CRETACEOUSLY adv.
In a chalky manner; as chalk.
CRINGE v. 3 definitions
lity; to bend or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence; to make court in a degrading manner; to fawn. When they were come up to the place where the lions were, the boys that went before were glad to cringe behind, for they were afraid of the lions. Bunyan. Sly hypocrite, . . . who more than thou Once fawned and cr…
CRINGINGLY adv.
In a cringing manner.
CRISPLY adv.
In a crisp manner.
CRITICALLY adv. 2 definitions
In a critical manner; with nice discernment; accurately; exactly. Critically to discern good writers from bad. Dryden.
CROOKEDLY adv.
In a curved or crooked manner; in a perverse or untoward manner.
CRUDELY adv.
In a crude, immature manner.
CRUELLY adv. 2 definitions
In a cruel manner.
CRUSADE v. 4 definitions
To engage in a crusade; to attack in a zealous or hot-headed manner. "Cease crusading against sense." M. Green.
CRUSTILY adv.
In a crusty or surly manner; morosely.
CRUSTY a. 2 definitions
Having a hard exterior, or a short, rough manner, though kind at heart; snappish; peevish; surly. Thou crusty batch of nature, what's the news Shak.
CRYSTALLOGRAPHER n.
One who describes crystals, or the manner of their formation; one versed in crystallography.
CRYSTALLOGRAPHICALLY adv.
In the manner of crystallography.
CUISINE n. 2 definitions
Manner or style of cooking.
CULINARILY adv.
In the manner of a kitchen; in connection with a kitchen or cooking.
CULTURE n. 4 definitions
tenment and discipline acquired by mental and moral training; civilization; refinement in manners and taste. What the Greeks expressed by their humanitas, we less happily try to express by the more artificial word culture. J. C. Shairp. The list of all the items of the general life of a people represents that whole whi…
CUNNINGLY adv.
In a cunning manner; with cunning.
CURIOUSLY adv.
In a curious manner.
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