crawlyadj.
/ˈkrɔːli/, U.S. /ˈkrɔli/, /ˈkrɑli/ colloquial.
Like or having the sensation of insects crawling over the skin; ‘creepy’.
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the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > sensation of something creeping on skin > [adjective]
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the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [adjective] > shuddering with fear > having sensation of shiver
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1860 W. M. Thackeray Lovel the Widower iv, in Cornhill Mag. Apr. 388 I used to have a sort of crawly sensation, as of a sickly genteel ghost flitting about the place.
1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad xxi. 206 It makes one feel crawly even to think of it.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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