creaturely
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Adjective[edit]
creaturely (comparative more creaturely, superlative most creaturely)
- Characteristic of or suitable to a creature, often specifically a non-human animal.
- 2007 March 5, Claudia La Rocco, “Infernal Shades, Apparitions at Dusk, Spirits Who Tango”, in New York Times[1]:
- Bracketed by two roiling group passages, smaller dances slink by, marked by much creaturely creeping and carnivorous eroticism.
- 2024, Danny Heitman, Audubon’s exquisite bird paintings owe a debt to classical European art, in: The Christian Science Monitor, May 8 2024
- Crammed like a biblical ark with creaturely wonders, “The Birds of America” conveys a sense of summation, although its chronicle of American bird life is far from complete.