adverb
- in a manner affected by or characteristic of arthritis; with stiff, painful joint movement
Usage: medical context
Examples
- She moved arthritically across the room, her joints clearly causing her discomfort.
- The elderly man climbed the stairs arthritically, gripping the handrail tightly.
- His fingers worked arthritically over the keyboard after years of typing.
- The dancer, now in her seventies, moved arthritically compared to her former grace.
- He arthritically bent down to pick up the dropped keys.
- The cold weather made her walk even more arthritically than usual.