The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word CREEPING which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1967.
Advancing slowly crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CREEPING | 100 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Advancing slowly
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- creeping
- crawling
- inching
- sprawl
- sprawling
- creep
- lean
- quagmire
- jam
- hung up
- hang up
- unbalanced
Crossword Answer definitions
CREEPING verb- To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
- Of plants, to grow across a surface rather than upwards.
- To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
- To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
- To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
- To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
- To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
- To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
- To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
- To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with.
- The act of something that creeps.
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