The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CREPT , but the solution may also be INCHED which is one of the most recent solution (2008 in New York Times).
Proceeded slowly crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CREPT | 50 % | 5 |
| LIMPED | 25 % | 6 |
| INCHED | 25 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Proceeded slowly
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lagged
- slowed
- stalled
- considered
- glacial
- proceed
- adagio
- andante
- backward
- creep
- creeps
- delay
Crossword Answer definitions
CREPT 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.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result CREPT
- Inched
- Inched stealthily
- Moved at a glacial pace
- Moved cautiously
- Moved stealthily
- Acted sluggish?
- Moved on hands and knees
- Barely moved
- Slithered
- Grew like a certain Virginia vine?
More clues leading to the result LIMPED
- Halted
- Favored one leg
- Favored one foot
- Favored a foot
- Walked unsteadily
- Proceeded slowly.
- Progressed with difficulty.
- Hobbled
- Walked lamely
- Walked with one foot asleep, say