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 renders beluga caviar indistinguishable from tinned ham, a duchess as creaturely as a dog.
From The Guardian • Nov. 30, 2018
With their small heads, shellacked scalps and long necks, the teammates looked elegant and creaturely, like a row of lizards.
From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2017
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
When we are living altogether in a creaturely, natural, or unregenerated way, absorbed in the ambitions and interests of a worldly life, we are perhaps content.
From The Romance of the Soul by Staveley, Lilian
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