Creakingly (Adverb)
Meaning
In a creaky manner; "the old boat was moving along creakily".
Examples
- The old wooden floorboards groaned creakily as we walked across them in our heavy boots.
- The rusty gate seemed to complain creakily as the wind swung it back and forth.
- The door creaked creakily open by itself in the middle of the night.
- As the tree branches swayed in the wind, they bent creakily above us.
- The old piano keys sounded creakily out of tune when our children tried to play a song.