Codgerly
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Codgerly is an adjective meaning Like a codger; old and ill-tempered.
Meaning
Like a codger; old and ill-tempered.
Example Sentences
So it is not surprising that the old boy finds himself in codgerly company these days. Ms. Rendell has ghoulish fun with the assorted elderly, eccentric characters who bedevil him in “Not in the Flesh,” which is only the third of her Wexford books to appear in this present century.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include codgy, senile, cronelike, doddering, curmudgeony, geezerlike.
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