on in years
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.89 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
Inflected Forms
more on in years (comparative)
most on in years (superlative)