senile
adjective
showing a decline or deterioration of physical strength or mental functioning, especially short-term memory and alertness, as a result of old age or disease.
senilely
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a word derived from
senile.
Example Sentences
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Sam Tuk nodded senilely, but spoke not a word.
From Dope by Sax Rohmer
So he sniggered senilely to himself between his fits of coughing.
From The Black Douglas by Frank Richards
And if his head sank lower, his hands trembled more senilely, his breast heaved at this picture of the irrevocable past?
From Chippinge Borough by Stanley J. Weyman
