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squeakily

squeakily

3.7
With a short high sound like a mouse or a door hinge
  • adverb
  • /ˈskwiːkɪli/
translation icon : chirriantemente
  • CUT TO: TWO CARBON ARCS are squeakily being cranked together above the din of a fan motor.

Examples

  • The toy train ran squeakily along the tracks, delighting the children watching it.

  • "Jim, I'm sorry we ever got involved with this insane plan," her voice said squeakily through my head bones.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The woman turns squeakily on her stool and scowls at her as if she is an irritant.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • "She began to talk squeakily, without moving her lips, and the voice seemed to come out of The Nun with No Name: "Hi, my name's Binky the Fish, and if you try to put me in a sandwich and eat me, I'll shit on the mayonnaise."

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The door opened squeakily, adding to the spooky atmosphere of the old house.

  • The mouse moved squeakily across the floor, prompting the cat to perk up its ears.

Synonyms

shrilly
vssqueakily
1 6.6

With a high, sharp sound that hurts your ears

is less piercing and not as sharply penetrating
creakily
vssqueakily
1 6.4

In a way that makes a short rough noise when old wood or metal moves

is shorter and higher in pitch rather than long rubbing sound
screakily
vssqueakily
  • UK
9.9

In a way that makes a high, unpleasant sound like an old door or gate

is softer and lacks the grating quality
creakingly
vssqueakily
7.6

In a way that makes a long high sound like old wood moving

is shorter and higher in pitch instead of long rubbing sound

Antonyms

quietly
517 1.0

In a quiet way that makes little or no noise

silently
129 1.2

In a quiet way without making any sound or speaking

How Squeaky

piercingly
1 6.9
shrilly
1 6.6
squeakily
3.7

Surface Forms

squeakily positive

Morphology

squeakily = squeaky (transparent) = squeak + y + ly

Formed by the normal adjective 'squeaky' + adverbial suffix '-ly', so the manner meaning is directly predictable from the base.

Etymology

The word squeakily comes from the simple sound word squeak, which copies a 'short, high sound', and the ending -ly means 'in that way'. So, to do something squeakily is to do it while making a small, high noise.