Meaning of on in years | Babel Free

Definitions

Old; advanced in age.

euphemistic, idiomatic, mildly, not-comparable, usually

Examples

“Being rather young at present—I am getting on in years, but still I am rather young—I have no particular adventures of my own to fall back upon.”

“More years went by, and his wife was dead, and he well on in years.”

“I am getting on in years; and my partner Lazarus has at last made a stand and insisted that the succession must be settled.”

“[O]ld as I am,—I do not mean aged, but well on in years,—I believe in love still.”

“Brittle bones can be more than just a bother for anyone who is getting on in years.”

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