elderly
adjective/ˈɛldərli/
Frequency rank: #3,445 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
Old, especially used politely about people of advanced age.
Example sentence
The elderly woman politely thanked everyone for their kindness.
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