Elderly
['eldəlɪ] or ['ɛldɚli]
Definition
(a.) Somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age; bordering on old age; as, elderly people.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Somewhat old.
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Examples
- He held his cap in his hand and looked at the elderly nurse. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- As I did so I struck against an elderly, deformed man, who had been behind me, and I knocked down several books which he was carrying. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I was greatly surprised to see so many elderly people--I might almost say, so many venerable people. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- An elderly man, I presume? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mrs. Palmer and two elderly ladies of Mrs. Jennings's intimate acquaintance, whom she had met and invited in the morning, dined with them. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- BOUNDERBY being a bachelor, an elderly lady presided over his establishment, in consideration of a certain annual stipend. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- To my surprise, it was a woman who answered the summons, a large, coarse-faced, elderly woman, in an apron. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- There was a chair just under the lamp, and the elderly man motioned that I should sit in it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- My familiarity with Marian's journal sufficiently assured me that the elderly lady was Madame Fosco. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He was a respectable, elderly gentleman. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- As he passed behind the counter, he took notice that the elderly gentleman said in a look to the young lady, This is our man. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The elderly manservant, Crowther, appeared in the doorway exasperatedly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He was a big, fat, odd sort of elderly man, who kept birds and white mice, and spoke to them as if they were so many Christian children. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It was the face of an elderly woman, brown, rugged, and healthy, with nothing dishonest or suspicious in the look of it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Did an elderly gentleman essay to stop the progress of the ball, it rolled between his legs or slipped between his fingers. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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