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doddery adjective [ ˈdɒd(ə)ri ]

• slow and unsteady in movement because of weakness in old age.
• "he's a bit doddery on his legs and doesn't get about much"
Similar: tottering, tottery, teetering, doddering, staggering, shuffling, shambling, faltering, shaking, shaky, unsteady, wobbly, wobbling, trembling, trembly, quivering, feeble, frail, weak, weakly, infirm, decrepit, aged, old, elderly, long in the tooth, in one's dotage, senile,
Opposite: sprightly,


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