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1
pleasantly reminiscent of an earlier time
- an elegant, old-fashioned bun that was held in place with pearl hairpins
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Words Related to old-fashioned
- dated,
- fusty,
- moth-eaten,
- musty,
- stodgy
- anachronistic
- (also anachronic),
- anachronous
Near Antonyms for old-fashioned
- futuristic,
- high-tech
- (also hi-tech),
- latter-day,
- nontraditional
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2
tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions
- I'm so old-fashioned that I actually think people should use standard grammar and punctuation when composing e-mails
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“Old-fashioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/old-fashioned. Accessed 18 Jun. 2021.
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The first known use of old-fashioned was in 1592
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