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elderlyness

elderlyness is the alternative spelling of elderliness.

Meaning of elderliness

Noun

elderliness (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of being elderly
    • Saul Bellow wrote his last novel, “Ravelstein,” at age 84, and the book is a masterpiece, marred only by the fact that Bellow, in his elderliness, did keep on repeating himself[…].2007 September 23, Paul Berman, “Velvet Revolutionary”, in New York Times

Questions about elderlyness

What is elderlyness the alternative spelling of?
Elderlyness is the alternative spelling of elderliness.

Words near elderlyness in the dictionary

  1. Elderkins
  2. elderlies
  3. elderliness
  4. elderly
  5. elderly care
  6. elderlyness
  7. elderman
  8. eldermen
  9. eldermother
  10. eldermothers
  11. eldern

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