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Definition of creeping
: developing or advancing by slow imperceptible degrees a period of creeping inflation
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Examples of creeping in a Sentence
at this creeping pace of progress we'll never have the float ready for the parade
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The collections that hence will exert a creeping influence on many other more accessible collections.
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First Known Use of creeping
14th century
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