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[ US /ˈɛɫdɝɫi/ ]
[ UK /ˈɛldəli/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)
    elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper
    aged members of the society
    senior citizen
NOUN
  1. people who are old collectively
    special arrangements were available for the aged

How To Use elderly In A Sentence

  • Three healthcare assistants have been charged after an investigation into the alleged abuse of elderly hospital patients. Times, Sunday Times
  • She also finds homes for elderly brood dogs from farms in Florida.
  • We salute the flag, honer our military and are for taking care of our elderly, military and avoiding socialism. Obama invites senators from both parties to discuss vacancy
  • A man who preyed on the elderly by burgling residential care homes in his own village faces a jail term.
  • It is frequently assumed that elderly persons lose their sexual desires or that they are physically unable to perform.
  • This is a play where priests are elderly and drunk, old ladies mutter curses and blessings, supernatural visions are everywhere and nobody can open their mouth without uttering a mystical insight.
  • The elderly male (for anthropoids, like anthropoi, wax fierce and surly with increasing years) will fight, but only from fear, when suddenly startled, or with rage when slightly wounded. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo
  • The caller urges the often elderly victims to transfer their money to a'safe' account set up in their name. Times, Sunday Times
  • Mr Smith hopes that his campaign will attract the support of all organisations for the elderly or those on low incomes.
  • The last prisoner in the coffle was the tailor, a gray-haired, elderly man with a wrinkled face. The Magic of Krynn
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