1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Creep.

2. (a.) Crawling, or moving close to the ground.

3. (a.) Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils.

all fours ambling amphibian anguine atiptoe atmospherics batrachian blaring blasting blind spot cautious cautiousness circumspect circumspection claudicant colubriform crawl crawling creep creeping like snail crocodilian deliberate deliberateness deliberation drawl drift easy fade-out fading faltering flagging foot-dragging froggy gentle gradual gumshoeing halting hobbled hobbling honeycombed idle idleness indolence indolent inertia inertness interference languid languor languorous laziness lazy leisureliness leisurely lentitude lentor limping lizardlike lumbering moderate nightwalking noise on all fours on tippytoe on tiptoe ophidian padding permeated pokiness poking poky prowling pussyfooting reception relaxed reluctance reluctant repent reptant reptatorial reptile reptilelike reptilian reptiliform reptiloid saturated sauntering saurian scrabble scramble serpentiform serpentile serpentine serpentlike serpentoid shot through shuffling sidling slack slackness slinking slithering sloth slothful slow slow as death slow as molasses slow as slow slow-crawling slow-foot slow-going slow-legged slow-moving slow-paced slow-poky slow-running slow-sailing slow-stepped slowness sluggardy sluggish sluggishness snail-paced snaillike snakelike snaking snaky sneaking staggering static stealing strolling swarming teeming tentative tentativeness tippytoe tiptoe tiptoeing toadish toddling tortoiselike tottering trudging turtlelike unhurried viperiform viperish viperlike viperoid viperous vipery waddling worming