rheumatic
adjective
pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
rheumatically
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a word derived from
rheumatic.
Example Sentences
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And he advanced, a little rheumatically, to us, holding out his hand with morning greetings.
From My Young Alcides by Charlotte Mary Yonge
"Oh, I'll be home time fer Sunday-school," he promised gaily, and was off down the road in the darkness, his old wheel squeaking rheumatically with each revolution growing fainter and fainter in the night.
From The City of Fire by Grace Livingston Hill
The old man's legs were so stiffened that they had to help him out and rheumatically he walked through the portals of stone-walled disgrace.
From The Starbucks by Opie Percival Read
He advanced, holding open his notebook and pencil, and having saluted us with a stiff bow and an old-fashioned flourish of his hat, shook hands rheumatically and waited for us to speak.
From The Eye of Osiris by R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman
It had ceased raining, but the wind, as on that first night, was howling and whining about the eaves, the shutters rattled and the old house creaked and groaned rheumatically.
From The Portygee by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
