creakily
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6.4
- adverb
- /ˈkrikɪli/
:
chirriando
- 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
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
With a short high sound like a mouse or a door hinge
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'.