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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He rheumatically grumbled in his doorway; so the gendarme called our Albanians, and in two twos they had turned the cart upside down in a ditch, saying— "It serves you right."
From The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia by Cora Gordon
ONE Sunday afternoon late in July old Henry Biltmer was rheumatically descending into the head of the canyon.
From The Song of the Lark by Willa Sibert Cather
The train dragged itself rheumatically from the station, and a cold spring rain—the time was the middle of a most inclement April—smote it in flank as it came into the open.
From Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Martin Ross
The horses, stiff and sore after their long journey, stalked rheumatically down the gangway.
From The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West by Robert J. C. Stead
He halted before us and nodded, leaning rheumatically on his staff.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
