creakily

1. 1.

   in a creaky manner

   “the old boat was moving along creakily”

   Synonymscreakinglyscreakily

Questions about creakily

What does creakily mean?

creakily means "in a creaky manner".

How many syllables are in creakily?

creakily has 4 syllables: cre-a-ki-ly. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for creakily?

Close synonyms include creakingly, screakily. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is creakily a common word?

creakily is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.