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elderly

  • adjective
  • eld·er·ly
  • /ˈɛldɚli/

old; having lived for relatively many years.

Other meanings

  1. Of an object, being old-fashioned or frail due to aging.

Synonyms

  • aged
  • older
  • senior

Related words

  • elderliness
  • illderly
  • nonelderly
  • unelderly
  • wellderly

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “elderly” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.