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In some senses, fortysomething is marked as colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
fortysomething
num 1noun 1
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1ADJ.
sprightly
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num
1
An indeterminate value between 40 (inclusive) and 50 (exclusive).
noun
1
A person between 40 and 49 years old.
She was a sprightly fortysomething.
Some people console themselves with the thought that, basically, worse things happen at sea: in middle-class Britain today, particularly familied fortysomethings, it’s Chicken-Licken time.
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She was a sprightly fortysomething.
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Some people console themselves with the thought that, basically, worse things happen at sea: in middle-class Britain today, particularly familied fortysomethings, it’s Chicken-Licken time.
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