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arthritically

adverb

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Wiktionary

adv

Etymology: From arthritic + -ally.

  1. In an arthritic fashion: in a way that is characteristic of a person with arthritis

    As Lehman, Breuler is sluggish, coarse, and lumpy, huffing and puffing his way arthritically about the stage like some 1930s crime-movie heavy.

    But as time went by the inert human creature became so wholly opprobrious to the gecko, who valued a good hunt, that at last, as the small ceiling fan continued to turn arthritically, churning an unnoticeable, fetid draft of warm air in the direction of the man and the beast […].