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IDEA.org / Words / moving at a crawl
Related — crawling (Moving on hands, knees); creeping (Moving slowly, stealthily); inching (Moving very gradually); plodding · sluggish · snail · tortoise · glacial · trudging · dragging · limping · shuffling · slow-motion
SPEEDmoving at a crawl ≠ speeding Exceeding posted velocity limits; racing · zooming · flying · hurtling · barreling
PROGRESS RATEmoving at a crawl ≠ on a roll Enjoying repeated successes; making headway
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/moving_at_a_crawl