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CREEPINGLY
Etymology
Adverb
creepingly (comparative more creepingly, superlative most creepingly)
By creeping, moving stealthily and slowly; insidiously; cunningly.
Source: Wiktionary
Creep"ing*ly, adv.
Definition: by creeping slowly; in the manner of a reptile; insidiously; cunningly. How slily and creepingly did he address himself to our first parents. South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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