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The insect movement was..?++ slow, quick, and other verbs seem to describe mammal movement, not insect.+? "pointy"? Suggestions for google keywords?
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  • ÀÎÅÍ³Ý Ä«¸®½º¸¶ KORNET [/nq] creepy, crawly Robert
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[nq:1]The insect movement was..?++ slow, quick, and other verbs seem to describe mammal movement, not insect.+? "pointy"? Suggestions for google keywords? ÀÎÅÍ³Ý Ä«¸®½º¸¶ KORNET [/nq]
creepy, crawly
Robert
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[nq:1]The insect movement was..?++ slow, quick, and other verbs seem to describemammal movement, not insect.+? "pointy"? Suggestions for google keywords?[/nq]
flitting, fluttery, erratic
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[nq:1]The insect movement was..?++ slow, quick, and other verbs seem to describe mammal movement, not insect. +? "pointy"? Suggestions for google keywords?[/nq]
... on the rise. Revolution was right around the corner.
Simon R. Hughes
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[nq:1]The insect movement was..?++ slow, quick, and other verbs seem to describemammal movement, not insect.+? "pointy"? Suggestions for google keywords?[/nq]
Depends on what type of insect you are talking about.

Butterfly fluttering
Dragonfly darting
centipede rapid
There is some ambiguity when you describe an insect as moving fast. Do you mean fast relative to the size o
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[nq:1]The insect movement was..?++ slow, quick, and other verbs seem to describemammal movement, not insect.+? "pointy"? Suggestions for google keywords?[/nq]
Another solution, besides the ones already posted, is to change the verb. Many (though by no means all) insects scuttle, and then you use an appropriate adverb to modify the scuttling.
Jon Miller
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