0 the quality or condition of being likely to make a long, low sound when moved:
Can we do anything about the creakiness of the floorboards?
1 the quality of being old-fashioned and not now effective:
The enterprise was undermined by the creakiness of the technology used to implement it.
Despite the creakiness of the vehicle, we got to our destination.
Despite the creakiness of the material, the production was enjoyable enough.
Vowels bearing non-modal phonation - creakiness or breathiness - never contrast in tone.
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