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Webster 1913 Edition


Creaturely

Crea′ture-ly

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Adj.
Creatural; characteristic of a creature.
[R.]
Creaturely faculties.”
Cheyne.

Webster 1828 Edition


Creaturely

CREATURELY

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Adj.
Having the qualities of a creature. [Little used.]

Definition 2024


creaturely

creaturely

English

Adjective

creaturely (comparative more creaturely, superlative most creaturely)

  1. Characteristic of or suitable to a creature, often specifically a non-human animal
    • 2007 March 5, Claudia La Rocco, “Infernal Shades, Apparitions at Dusk, Spirits Who Tango”, in New York Times:
      Bracketed by two roiling group passages, smaller dances slink by, marked by much creaturely creeping and carnivorous eroticism.

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