creaturely
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- creatureliness noun
- uncreaturely adjective
Etymology
Origin of creaturely
Example Sentences
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“The word feral does not mean wild, but rewild, a creaturely life once free and then tamed, confined, and broken free again.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2022
It is to feel, first of all, size — the blunt creaturely meaning of it.
From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2021
It renders beluga caviar indistinguishable from tinned ham, a duchess as creaturely as a dog.
From The Guardian • Nov. 30, 2018
Part of what made Bob so scary is the way he is at once creaturely and alien and also familiar.
From Slate • May 3, 2017
That awful and benignant "Exinanition" placed Him indeed on the creaturely level in regard of the reality of human experience of growth, and human capacity for suffering.
From Philippian Studies Lessons in Faith and Love from St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians by Moule, H. C. G. (Handley Carr Glyn)
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