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Definition of Creakily
1. Adverb. In a creaky manner. "The old boat was moving along creakily"
Definition of Creakily
1. Adverb. In a creaky manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Creakily
1. creaky [adv] - See also: creaky
Lexicographical Neighbors of Creakily
Literary usage of Creakily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dramatic Opinions and Essays, with an Apology: With an Apology by Bernard Shaw (1907)
"He makes his way to his chair, and can only sit down, so stiff are his aged limbs,
very slowly and creakily. This sitting down business is not acting: the ..."
2. Dramatic Opinions and Essays by G. Bernard Shaw: Containing as Well A Word by Bernard Shaw, James Huneker (1906)
"He makes his way to his chair, and can only sit down, so stiff are his aged limbs,
very slowly and creakily. This sitting down business is not acting: the ..."
3. Dramatic Opinions and Essays, with an Apology by Bernard Shaw (1907)
"He makes his way to his chair, and can only sit down, so stiff are his aged limbs,
very slowly and creakily. This sitting down business is not acting: the ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1876)
"Chairs were creakily drawn up to the council board, — a whiff of tobacco-smoke
followed Sub-Lieutenant Gorst (always late) from the ante-room door,— and the ..."
5. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2005)
"... horses swayed creakily in the breeze. "Up there," Alan agreed, and they set
off, kicking droplets of dew off the grass beside the sidewalk. ..."
6. Dramatic Opinions and Essays, with an Apology: With an Apology by Bernard Shaw (1907)
"He makes his way to his chair, and can only sit down, so stiff are his aged limbs,
very slowly and creakily. This sitting down business is not acting: the ..."
7. Dramatic Opinions and Essays by G. Bernard Shaw: Containing as Well A Word by Bernard Shaw, James Huneker (1906)
"He makes his way to his chair, and can only sit down, so stiff are his aged limbs,
very slowly and creakily. This sitting down business is not acting: the ..."
8. Dramatic Opinions and Essays, with an Apology by Bernard Shaw (1907)
"He makes his way to his chair, and can only sit down, so stiff are his aged limbs,
very slowly and creakily. This sitting down business is not acting: the ..."
9. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1876)
"Chairs were creakily drawn up to the council board, — a whiff of tobacco-smoke
followed Sub-Lieutenant Gorst (always late) from the ante-room door,— and the ..."
10. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2005)
"... horses swayed creakily in the breeze. "Up there," Alan agreed, and they set
off, kicking droplets of dew off the grass beside the sidewalk. ..."
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