tottery
adjective
uk/ˈtɒt.ər.i/us/ˈtɑː.t̬ɚ.i/weakandunabletowalkin anormalway, usually because of beingold:
步履蹒跚的a totteryoldman一位步履蹣跚的老人
See
totter
Synonym
doddery
- We now have Moira'smother, who waslivingalonein an Edinburghflatandbecomingincreasinglytottery,livingwith us.
- Thereafter, Churchillslidinexorablydownhill, gettingfeebler,deafer, more tottery.
- Ifyourtotteryancientparentwantsto go toParis, which youfeelthat they will notsurvive, they should still (to mymind) besupportedintheirwishes.
- McKellen's Lear is so tottery,closerandclosertocapsizingin everyscene.
Weakness and vulnerability
- Achilles heel
- at a low ebbidiom
- be (only) flesh and bloodidiom
- besomeone'spoodleidiom
- brittle
- helplessly
- helplessness
- house of cardsidiom
- human
- impotence
- sitting target
- soft target
- submissive
- submissively
- submissiveness
- watery
- wetness
- wimpy
- wonky
- wuss