Crawling
Crawling adjective - Moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed.
Slithering and crawling are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Slithering" instead an adjective "Crawling".
Slithering
Slithering adjective - Moving as on a slippery surface.
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Synonyms for Slithering
Crawling and slithering are semantically related. You can use "Crawling" instead an adjective "Slithering".
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- Although they have psychic abilities, the native language of handlingers involves them extracting themselves from their host bodies and exchanging information by crawling and slithering over each other in an orgy of hands and tails.
Source: Literature / Bas-Lag Cycle -
The nation of Stygia is crawling (or slithering) with really nasty Set worshippers.
Source: Religion of Evil -
Once you 'kill' one of these by doing enough damage to it, however, it splits up into its head and four separate limbs and continues crawling, slithering (yes, the head slithers) and attacking the player via these appendages.
Source: Detachment Combat
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