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
creeping Synonyms
Synonyms
crawling, slow, dallying, dawdling, dilatory, dillydallying, dragging, laggard, lagging, languid, leisurely, poking, poky (or pokey), sluggish, snaillike, snail-paced, tardy, unhurriedAntonyms
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, zippingRelated Words
deliberate, measured; inactive, inert, lethargic, loafing, lounging; lingering, loitering, tarrying; ambling, heavy-footed, inching, plodding, shuffling, slow-footed; strolling; decelerating, slowing; filibustering, procrastinating, stallingNear Antonyms
expeditious, prompt, ready; accelerated, hastened, quickened; hurried, rushedLearn More about creeping
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