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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Elderly \Eld"er*ly\, adjective Somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age; bordering on old age; as, elderly people.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
elderly
adjective: advanced in years; ('aged' is pronounced as two syllables); "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen" [syn: {aged}, {older}, {senior}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "elderly": advanced, advanced in life, advanced in years, age-old, aged, ageing, ageless, aging, along in years, ancient, anile, antique, auld, dateless, declining, decrepit, gray, gray with age, gray-haired, gray-headed, grey, grown old, hoar, hoary, immemorial, of old, of yore, old, old as Methuselah, old as history, old as time, old-fogyish, old-time, olden, over the hill, patriarchal, pensioners, senectuous, senescent, senile, superannuated, timeless, venerable, white, white with age, white-bearded, white-crowned, white-haired, wrinkled, wrinkly, years old
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