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Here is Method Man in a Hollywood hotel lobby: Shortly after Veronica Webb glides by and Danny Glover ambles through, the Wu star comes striding past the concierge in an extreme-sports pimp-roll—throwing his long arms wildly, swinging his legs outward in a bizarre palsied flail.
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Chris Norris, SPIN, 27 June 2023
His visitors encountered a palsied, toothless, half-blind figure, unable to rise from his favorite armchair to greet them.
—Richard Norton Smith, WSJ, 12 Apr. 2019
In some countries, key public service industries are nationalized; in others, they are strictly regulated in a way that goes well beyond our palsied agencies.
—John B. Judis, New Republic, 24 Aug. 2017
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Chris Norris, SPIN, 27 June 2023
His visitors encountered a palsied, toothless, half-blind figure, unable to rise from his favorite armchair to greet them.
—Richard Norton Smith, WSJ, 12 Apr. 2019
In some countries, key public service industries are nationalized; in others, they are strictly regulated in a way that goes well beyond our palsied agencies.
—John B. Judis, New Republic, 24 Aug. 2017
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“Palsied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/palsied. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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palsied
adjective
pal·sied
ˈpȯl-zēd 
: affected with or as if with palsy
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