Definitions for elderly

elderly eld·er·ly

Spelling: [el-der-lee]
IPA: /ˈɛl dər li/

Elderly is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 89 anagrams from letters in elderly (deellry).

Definitions for elderly

noun

  1. (used with a plural verb) elderly people collectively; senior citizens (usually preceded by the):

adjective

  1. of advanced age; old:
  2. of or relating to persons in later life.

Origin of elderly

First recorded in 1605-15; elder1 + -ly

Examples for elderly

He smiled' at Miss Gregg, who was elderly and gray, but visibly his creature.

On a recent afternoon, the head of the Social Inquiry Foundation, Maria Gaidar, received two elderly ladies in her Moscow office.

There were little blond girls in knit hats next to elderly African American women hobbling on canes.

“Officers had to go stop an elderly lady from being assaulted,” Sgt. Houston said.

Some were elderly with underlying conditions like hypertension and diabetes.

There was an elderly lady who insisted on telling John all about the gastric juices!

elderly women played Triple Double Diamond and Tiki Magic while they chain-smoked.

A body of elderly gentlemen charged with high duties and misdemeanors.

One was an elderly savage, with a wrinkled, shrewd countenance.

"Everything in the world that you want," begged the elderly gentleman.

Word Value for elderly
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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