Definition of Creakingly

1. Adverb. In a creaky manner. "The old boat was moving along creakily"

Exact synonyms: Creakily, Screakily
Partainyms: Creaky, Screaky

Definition of Creakingly

1. Adverb. With a creaking sound. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Creakingly

creable
creach
creachs
creagh
creaghs
creaght
creaghts
creak
creaked
creakier
creakiest
creakily
creakiness
creakinesses
creaking
creakingly (current term)
creakings
creaks
creaky
cream-colored courser
cream-of-tartar tree
cream cake
cream cakes
cream cheese
cream corn
cream cracker
cream crackered
cream of tartar

Literary usage of Creakingly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1890)
"Our carriage creakingly jolted over the long wooden bridge, crawled along through narrow steep streets and came at last to a stand-still on the market-place ..."

2. A Diplomat's Wife in Mexico by Edith O'Shaughnessy (1916)
"The norte which had been announced from Tampico began creakingly and ominously to make itself felt and heard about half after nine. ..."

3. Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln by Abraham Lincoln, Henry Clay Whitney (1907)
"The whole man, body and mind, worked slowly, creakingly, as if it needed oiling. Physically, he was a very powerful man, lifting with ease four hundred or ..."

4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1890)
"Our carriage creakingly jolted over the long wooden bridge, crawled along through narrow steep streets and came at last to a stand-still on the market-place ..."

5. A Diplomat's Wife in Mexico by Edith O'Shaughnessy (1916)
"The norte which had been announced from Tampico began creakingly and ominously to make itself felt and heard about half after nine. ..."

6. Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln by Abraham Lincoln, Henry Clay Whitney (1907)
"The whole man, body and mind, worked slowly, creakingly, as if it needed oiling. Physically, he was a very powerful man, lifting with ease four hundred or ..."

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