creakily
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6.4
- adverb
- /ˈkrikɪli/
- As the door opened creakily, we all turned to see who had arrived.
Examples
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Several security guards lumbered creakily toward the action, as knots of bemused observers paused to witness the carnage.
Fiction book (1990) -
The man slowly hauled himself back to his feet, using the mailbox, and extended a hand to Nathan, who hauled himself up creakily in imitation, grinning.
Fiction book (2001) -
Having looked middle-aged at less than thirty, at almost fifty he was old, nearly bald, and walking creakily—a rheumatic soldier, his face pale and lined, gray eyes a paler gray.
Fiction book (1992) -
At fourteen, I was ranked seventeenth in the United States Tennis Association's Western Section ("Western" being the creakily ancient USTA's designation for the Midwest; farther west were the Southwest, Northwest, and Pacific Northwest sections).
Fiction book (1998) -
The old floorboards creaked creakily under my heavy steps as I walked through the house.
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The wooden chair groaned creakily as she sat down, warning of its age.
Synonyms
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3.7
With a short high sound like a mouse or a door hinge
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7.6
In a way that makes a long high sound like old wood moving
In a way that makes a high, unpleasant sound like an old door or gate
Antonyms
How Noisily
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Creakily comes from the sound word creak, which copies the noise old doors or floorboards make, and the ending -ly makes it mean 'in that way', like the adjective creaky. So, to move creakily is to move 'with a creaking sound'.