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creeping
adjective creep·ing \ˈkrē-piŋ\
Definition of CREEPING
: developing or advancing by slow imperceptible degrees <a period of creeping inflation>
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First Known Use of CREEPING
14th century
Related to CREEPING
- Synonyms
- crawling, slow, dallying, dawdling, dilatory, dillydallying, dragging, laggard, lagging, languid, leisurely, poking, poky (or pokey), sluggish, snaillike, snail-paced, tardy, unhurried
- Antonyms
- barreling, bolting, breakneck, breathless, brisk, careering, dizzy, fast, fleet, flying, hasty, hurrying, lightning, meteoric, quick, racing, rapid, rocketing, running, rushing, scooting, scudding, scurrying, snappy, speeding, speedy, swift, warp-speed, whirling, whirlwind, whisking, zipping
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