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Sam Tuk sat motionless, his hands concealed in his sleeves, bending decrepitly forward in his chair.

From Dope by Rohmer, Sax

But soon he decrepitly emerged upon his knees, asking what brought us thither?—to steal the teeth, which lying rumor averred he possessed in abundance?

From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Melville, Herman

For one of them, in fact, it was positively his thirtieth birthday; poor soul, how decrepitly he flitted in front of motor trucks.

From Pipefuls by Morley, Christopher