arthritically
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In a slow, stiff way because of sore joints
- adverb
- /ɑrˈθrɪtɪkli/
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artríticamente
- The elderly woman walked arthritically down the hallway, each step slow and careful.
Examples
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But Henry Main was already reaching for the leash, and the dachshund had already arisen arthritically from the hearth rug to its full height and was padding toward the door.
Fiction book (1997) -
After a long walk, she moved arthritically, struggling with pain in her knees.
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He stood up arthritically after sitting for too long, feeling the stiffness in his joints.
Antonyms
How Arthritic
Surface Forms
arthritically positive
Morphology
Etymology
Arthritically comes from arthritis, where the root arthr- means 'joint' and -itis means 'swelling and pain'. So to move arthritically is to move in a slow, stiff way like someone with 'stiff, painful joints'.