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Definition of Creakingly
1. Adverb. In a creaky manner. "The old boat was moving along creakily"
Definition of Creakingly
1. Adverb. With a creaking sound. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Creakingly
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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