adverb
- in a manner that produces creaking sounds; with creaks
Examples
- The old wooden door opened creakingly in the dark hallway.
- She climbed the creakingly stairs, trying not to wake anyone.
- The floorboards shifted creakingly under his weight.
- The rusty gate swung creakingly on its hinges.
- He moved creakingly across the attic, careful of the aged beams.