doddery

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Recent Examples of doddery Service was slow: all the waiters were doddery old men brought out of retirement. Alan Philps, Town & Country, 5 July 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doddery
Adjective
  • All this time, a smiling, doddering old man in a tuxedo had been ambling about, tending to guests and waiting on tables.
    Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Their journey of friendship and rivalry is the emotional core of a story that is startlingly political, a leap made effectively by Jeff Goldblum’s dodgy, smarmy and doddering Wizard, who’s ably assisted by the darkly dangerous aide de camp Michelle Yeoh.
    Steven Gaydos, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Griff's was a cozy space inside with a small, rickety wooden patio in the front and a larger one in the back.
    Brianna Griff, Chron, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Instead of rickety outdoor patios with plastic partitions, diners mostly ate in dining rooms.
    Nick Kindelsperger, Chicago Tribune, 28 Dec. 2022
Adjective
  • The patients, many aged and infirm, have been besieging lawmakers with meetings, calls and emails, pressing them to pass the Supplemental Oxygen Access Reform, or SOAR, Act by the end of the year.
    Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 16 Dec. 2024
  • However, unless the patient/resident is so infirm that he or she can’t be moved, nothing prevents a son, daughter or grandchild from taking their relative OUT for a nice brunch, lunch or dinner.
    Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 21 Oct. 2024

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“Doddery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doddery. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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