creakingly

adv

creakingly

adv

Etymology From creaking + -ly.

1

With a creaking sound.

  • With a nervous giggle, Annie took herself creakingly out of the room.1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 51:

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